Muslim Beggar In The Slums

Muslim Beggar In The Slums, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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without fail religiously
on Thursdays he comes
into the darkness of the slums
asking for alms leftovers crumbs
dressed in white face darksome
reciting verses from the holy book
peace hope harmony wisdom
some shoo him away from
their doorstops some
houses he is not welcome
as their lives in the shanties
is everlasting pain a deathly fate
a fate dark and gruesome
a fate cause and symptom
to which they mortally succumb
some give him a few coins
some find him loathsome
two sides of a single coin
the beggar the slum dweller
by the gentry by the politicians
considered lowly scums
god in a hurry created
the soul of humanity
in his racist kingdom


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