The Fatwa That Failed

The Fatwa That Failed, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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her future
on the streets
nailed
hiding her
shame from
others is
one of the
reasons
she is lucky
she is veiled
married
in haste
her a life
a waste
derailed
her soul
on the streets
impaled
her bad luck
her life
has trailed
an empty stomach
her child wailed
fluttered flailed
rehabilitation is
not part
of our creed
the fatwa that
failed
a few coins
on the face
of her
deprivation
truth
has
prevailed
charity
appeased
availed
for saying
a system
that is mad and insane
a poet lyricist emotionally
censured blackmailed
freedom of speech
cloaked as truth
handcuffed curtailed