Ironies

optimist
being one means
the glass is half full
even when empty

statue
men of marble
suffer pigeon droppings
in silence

diamonds
they are
their best friend
he understood, only later

dieting
who ever heard
of the famished
fretting over carbs

firearms
guns kill
no, people kill
pity, no one asks the dead

politicians/NGOs
over roast lamb
in a/c tents
they discuss poverty

political strabismus*
that starry look
was it for azra
or for zehra

kal
kaunsi kal?
jO guzar gaee
ya jO aa’aye gi?

pyaar
p, aur p
akaila nahiN
yaar kay saath p

demand
’urdu cannot be denied’
’baluchi it must be!’
’in sindh, sindhi’

an apple falls
‘…RAW footprints’
‘…ISI fingerprints’
‘…Al Qaeda handiwork’
…Newton smiles

k(h)akistocracy**
whether he dons or sheds
he symbolizes
the occupying army