Before Hunger
Before hunger set in
and boys with guns died in rags
on streets
Before hunger set in
and edicts of the Prophet replaced tenderness
and revolution with mullahs
Before hunger set in and shot rifles in the air and at infidels;
instead of laughing at the richness of love
chanting to Mecca while princes rape the country of oil
and blame it on the Jews.
If wearing a beard will make me a better man for that Party
then give me a shave at Jose Barber.