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I am not Osama
I didn't topple The Twin Towers
To put Afghanistan
On the world map
I am not the Islamist,
A muslim fundamentalist
What I mean is
I am not a terrorist
And I do not deserve any
Of the things happening to me
Because I am not Osama
I didn't bring on my dilemma
Because I am not the Taliban
A cousin to Al Qaeda
That's why I live in absolute fear
As imminent death draws near
Because I am not Osama
Who implicated Afghanistan
But I am Afghanistan
Who betrayed Osama
And welcomed the Allies
Yet once again, Talibanised,
The world has abandoned me
To the hands of those who mistreat
Me and profit from my misery,
To the fate of a hasty retreat,
War rapes my land with impunity
I am not Osama
I am not a mad man
Enslaved by thoughts of
World domination
Who triggered a crisis of
Significant proportion.
Please, cut the blame game
I'm in dire need of critical aid
I am Afghanistan
I am a million children
Crying out from the bleachers
A circumstantial evidence
Of a game of role reversal
Gone awfully wrong.
I need humanitarian support
While all hope is not lost
I am Afghanistan
I am the voice of the free woman
Caught up in the trap
Of being married off to claptrap
I am a man
Who's lost every reason to stand
Every claim
To earn my daily bread.
I am Afghanistan
Don't turn your back,
Don't color me bad.
Akpan
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