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The Poetry Society of Virginia: Michal Mahgerefteh
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To the Owner(s) of Sin
are you the seed of Abraham?
you who is the animating spirit in the wheel of his community
you who has a Hawkeye to see everything secretly in the inner most privacy
you who has ears like a funnel to catch the most confidential whispers of the deepest night
you who is both a fiery flame and un-still water that fire will not burn nor waters drown
you who his wailing hate mounts into a crescendo of accusations directed against liberationists
you who had embittered his life from the hour when he first saw daylight
you who his lunacy-struck roots in minds and have zealotry souls under his impious feet
are those your followers?
those who make the sky a tent over their heads and use the earth as bounty before them
those who carry their hatred, envy, and their bickering, rivalries, and petty deals
those who traverse the whole world without regard to the grandeur of nature
those who separate themselves from the populace and the beauty of their own mountains and plains
those who sit in secret places of courtyards and murder the innocent
are you the one?
are you the one who lashed an attack on the innocent inducing a whole city into motion
are you the one who raised a great ruckus between morning and afternoon prayer
are you the one who created a haste on confusion and discredit in the central believe of democracy
are you the one whose isolation and revolution attempt to revive Sodom and Gomorra
are you the one who imposed sweat on sovereignty to the point of your own death
are you the one who is blind to the vast world beyond his faith in the of Allah
are you the one?
(why God do you stand far hiding yourself in time of trouble? Be exalted in Your strength we will sing and chant of Your power)
fear Him now seed of Abraham
the earth's kings set themselves and the rulers take counsel together
you have dug a pit and hollowed it and then fell into the ditch which you have made
your mischief will return upon your own head and on your own skull your violence will come down
your will fall by your own counsels for they have rebelled against the civilized world
speakers of deception - man of murder and deceit your name will blot out forever and ever
you will cry out but there will be no answer you will be like the dust before the wind
nations will search for you till none is found so the lamb peacefully will lay down to sleep
if not today, tomorrow, one day...a second day...a third day...
by Michal Mahgerefteh
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