The Beggar Poet And The Hijras

The Beggar Poet And The Hijras, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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their life
touches
my poets
beggarly life
in a strange way
my pain their pain
is here to stay
pots made of
living clay
the hijra
dies
every day
a price
for going
against
the order of god
the order of nature
he has to pay
once a hijra asked
me curiously
if god is not man
if god is not woman
what is he anyway
i kept mum
i had nothing
to say
god may be
asexual
god may be
androgynous
he cant be gay
god is god
like the
hijra is hijra
beyond
word play
travesty
of gender
some may say