Portrait of Pain Ignites Debate Over Afghan War
For Afghan Woman, Justice Runs Into Unforgiving Wall of Custom
I. Aisha
Canyon in the center
Of her visage
Like an exploded landmine
He cut off her nose to spite her lovely face
Slashed her ears, silencing baby’s cries and water’s boiling
Freed now;
But what has become of her baby sister?
II. Gulnaz
She plans a wedding
From her prison cell
Arrested for her own defilement
Resigned to marry her rapist,
Forcing the beast’s sister to marry her own brother,
To ensure her own survival
III.
Women of Afghanistan
The tanks are leaving
Military fatigues and rifles of a foreign occupier
Will no longer stain your dusty streets
American bombs will no longer kill your innocents
We liberate you to your own doom
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