Government by magic spell

(Modified)

Proud am I to claim this version as my own

This government--government by magic spell

From a common brook the electorates ever drunk

A brook, perhaps, charmed by once potent sage

5 To install these potentates of chaos and ruthlessness

To run a government of borrowed loans and oil dough

With debt surpassing all predecessors' combined

Just to invest in gargantuan crimes and pursue injustice

In every nook and cranny of the soil

10 I will neither employ demons nor guns

But to my delight the usual words and biro

To topple the oppressive and corrupt government

Of the late Lampo Karachi and half-eared sheep

This government is sustained by ,demons and evil minds

15 And certainly by illegalities in the high places

Whether or not 'tis interceded for by saints, wadaads or voodoo men

As the son of man wrestles with dromedaries in its backyard

As the son of man is sheathed as in Sword of Damocles

And a legion skulk herein for dreaded secrets and plans

20 In daily integrity meditations demons and men operate

To defame its antagonist, attain pseudoglories, and sustain the government

Ascribing saintliness to them seem derogatory and ludicrous

As the last days will soon nullify the rest

Alas! this one will plunge into the bottomless ocean

25 Notice from cannons and guns 'twas derived

And cell broke for coup prisoner to our nation rule

And now 'tis shattered into yet unsorted fragments

Of constant confusing, internal wrangling, bickering and bigotry

Hitherto under the armchair Lampo Karachi

30 And now under Bob-Loose-Conscience

Whose tahleel seems desecreted or defied

As the impotent formulation can no longer subdue curious minds

Yet there's unjust support from its footsoldiers in every clime

Nursing hope of consequent triumph

35 To bury their shame and misdeeds

Even as the spear pierces across the frog's own mouth

In this mystery of contradiction

From my freedom of belief and conscience I speak

Seeking not to offend a friend or foe

40 But to convey the truth and inward light

Kulmasa, 01 August, 2012.