We turned out of bed
saddened and furious
when we heard
Taliban detonated
the Bamiyan Buddhas:
What savagery,
to destroy testaments
aged over centuries,
to a now effaced history;
but today let us rejoice,
Akon the singer
has been denied
a visa and a chance
to feed the unruly
and sexual minds
of a sold-out
Sri Lankan crowd,
Christians no doubt,
urbane Muslims
certainly, even some
fallen gautamas,
they can’t be trusted
pogo dancing,
and we don’t want
skin exposed
near Lord Buddha.
Yet, I wish to offer
a disclaimer
along with a refusal
to appear before
a court-martial
or an investigative judge
to testify about
the nature of We
to which I belong.