Which Person Shall I Burn This Night?

What message did we spurn this night?
Whose body did we burn this night?
All men in town are godly men.
For godliness, I yearn this night.
That night they killed my soulfulness.
It is my body’s turn this night.
This night, I did not please my god.
Which person shall I burn this night?
A man was lynched by mob, alright.
What prayer must I learn this night?
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Ammar Aziz

Ammar Aziz is a poet and a multi-award winning filmmaker from Lahore,Pakistan. His poetry is published in Wild Court and Muse India, among other literary journals. His films have been screened in over a hundred countries at prestigious film and art festivals. His poems often use personal narratives and fictional interventions in memories to investigate spaces, bodies, objects and mythologies.

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