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Does it only hurt when you're hurt
Are pains a reality only when you're in pain?

Do you dare say my ache cannot match yours
That your mourning period should be extended?

Why again do you now take sides,
Is one life higher than another?

Why again, do you look at me so,
Should I retreat to the corer you try to push me?

Do you now like to watch me,
Do you now observe me with questioning?

Now you find me intriguing,
I distablise your firm foundations of half-wit wisdom.

Keep looking, watching, observing-
I'll be calculating and planning for a come back.

(INSPIRED BY THE DEATH OF SULTAN MUNADI, A TRANSLATOR IN AFGANISTAN, SEPT 2009)