Monday, September 22, 2008

Lyrical Terrorist

Can poetry be a form of terrorism?
Apparently so.
Here is an article published in 'The Times' November 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2836243.ece

"She had the ideology, ability and determination to access and download material, which could have been useful to terrorists.”

“Poetry can be described as disturbing, shocking, even repulsive. What is the intent? Is it to shock, to revolt? That in itself doesn’t make it criminal and it doesn’t help you to get into the mind of who has written it.”

How to Behead

Hold him
Tie the arms behind his back
And bandage his legs together
Just by the ankles
Blindfold the punk
So that he won't hesitate as much
For on seeing the sharp pointy knife
He'll begin to shake
And continuously scream like an eedyat
And jiggle like a jelly
Trust me – this will sure get you angry
It's better to have at least two or three brothers by your side
Who can hold the fool
Because as soon as the warm sharp knife
Touches his naked flesh
He'll come to know what'll happen

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