Will Heaven look like Zeenat Aman?
By Bushra Rehman My mother used to tape Indian movies illegally all day long there'd be three or four movies going two VCRs whirring getting all technologically horny with the high-pitched songs of the young female stars the lucky ones who got to dance with Amitabh Their bodies would be bursting out of their saris their lips would be all moist and warm But untouched and Amitabh would be there all funny funny with his long long body and his eyes brown and warm My mother used to tape Indian movies illegally all day long there'd be three or four movies going two VCRs whirring their frequencies all turned on by that subtle pre-orgasmic flurrying that filled every lovesick song And it filled me so that even as a child loving and kissing were in my dreams And I could never quite walk from point A to point B But would instead jump and bounce humming something about eyes looking like oceans or the sea in a storm And at night before going to sleep I'd think about the kids who went to kindergarten with me and imagine all sorts of adventures and all sorts of dances and songs But my mother she's different now she faces Mecca not Namak Halal Will Heaven... And although she's still singing verses from the Quran It's not the same There isn't any kind of tingling in my feet or in my gut When I go home, I wrap my dupatta around me my mother hugs me in-between prayers she doesn't get off her janamaz But I remember her being different I remember her smiling or angry but always something at least something that felt like lightning in a storm That was her before. Now she's like a volcano rumbling as she sits there reading namaz And I wonder if when her spirit passes when her souls starts and leaves her body and she goes to that place she'd rather be Will Muhammad look like Amitabh or will heaven look like Zeenat Aman? (from http://www.samarmagazine.org/archive/article.php?id=64) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Meet the McDonald�s� Lincoln Fry get free digital souvenirs, Web-only video and bid on the Lincoln Fry prop charity auction. http://us.click.yahoo.com/RUJaMB/fV0JAA/Zx0JAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ******************* Did you get this mail as a forward? Subscribe by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join. Members are encourage to post poetry, their own and others', respond critically to the poems circulated, and participate in discussions. Post via email at [email protected] OR online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post. ====theZESTcommunity====== <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent";>ZESTCurrent</a> ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
