Children of Dust

I didn’t like the Quran forced into my mouth on the authority of Qari Jamil’s big brown stick—a Quran to be chewed and vomited

poor little dog, all alone, could stand up to a monster like the black bear, then I could stand up against Qari Jamil

closed door. Then, before the sun-heated

sneak out to a house

why Muhammad was the most pious and honest human being ever

What would He say when I asked Him why he was so willing to let people be beaten

I stared at the sky and wondered why Allah wasn’t nice to some people. I wondered if perhaps it was the case that Allah singled out some people for happiness and some people for suffering.

Siraiki and Punjabi and Balochi,

Memorizing the entire Quran in

penis only with your left hand, because it was the devil’s hand