Polyphemus as a Prophet by Balwant Bhagwandin

Polyphemus as Prophet

Ayman al-Zawahiri is desperately sought
for being
the dedicated vision physician
to a cyclopean mullah
and a self-proclaimed caliph
one made one-eyed in battle
and narrow of sight and homicidal both
by choice
and bereft of tear glands
to buttress which he prescribed
dwelling in caves
and travel only by night
down tunnels, burrows and streets unlit
to places kept in the dark
by design
from where to nurture
and dispatch their flocks
in the fashion
of Old Man Hassan ben Sabbah
as universal hashishins
and the good doctor’s postulations
holds positive prognosis
of neither permanence
nor peaceful existence
for all outside of the fold
lest they accept
agoraphobia
and, similarly if not more, photophobia
as gifts
from the one true god
for the chosen
and adopt as absolute arkan
rewarded
by martyrdom in heaven
eradication of unbelievers
in this canon
as if they were malarial …

– ©Balwant Bhagwandin.
(Sunday, August 03, 2003, 12:49:27 AM.)