Eulogy

By Anushay Babar

Like meat at a butcher’s shop.

On the spectrum of who to appease,

The lust, the supposed modesty-

A good woman knows how to make the distinction- and she appears accordingly.

Educated from the exodus of the womb,

Veil the flesh,

Lower your gaze- or accept being lowered into one’s grave,

With a vinegar heart- renounce your voice.

Say nothing to the man whose eyes roam the semblance of any woman- be it a young girl-

He does as he pleases with a rosary in his hands,

A prayer on his lips,

And he preaches The Right Way to the masses:

Protect your women from godless men

Protect your honour, tied to her body- And never your faithful deeds.

If a question is permitted, one may ask-

If vulgarity is the cause of sin,

Who is aroused by a shroud,

And should he be able to reason,

One might unearth the cause of sin,

In his reflection,

Should he find.