Wednesday, 01.02.08
4:07pm
Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Here there is a legacy more grandeur than any storyteller could tell.
A Shia Muslim woman who was born and made herself far more than a Shia Muslim woman.
To the Shia Muslims, just a woman. To the world, progress incarnate.
Educated. Education.
Powerful. Power.
Ambitious. Ambition.
Progressive. Progress.
Liberal. Liberty.
The things she is not to be.
The things she stressed.
Women in Islam. Women.
Starved of intellect and consequently evaluated as incapable.
The streets on which progress was murdered are still ablaze.
And the future is even more unknown and dangerous.
The time for life-sized decisions fast approaches
And the work has become obsolete.
Vote anyway.
Vote anyway.
Pakistan, vote anyway for her party
For her party is for the people.
Democracy despite despondency is the best kind of revenge.
4:07pm
Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Here there is a legacy more grandeur than any storyteller could tell.
A Shia Muslim woman who was born and made herself far more than a Shia Muslim woman.
To the Shia Muslims, just a woman. To the world, progress incarnate.
Educated. Education.
Powerful. Power.
Ambitious. Ambition.
Progressive. Progress.
Liberal. Liberty.
The things she is not to be.
The things she stressed.
Women in Islam. Women.
Starved of intellect and consequently evaluated as incapable.
The streets on which progress was murdered are still ablaze.
And the future is even more unknown and dangerous.
The time for life-sized decisions fast approaches
And the work has become obsolete.
Vote anyway.
Vote anyway.
Pakistan, vote anyway for her party
For her party is for the people.
Democracy despite despondency is the best kind of revenge.
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