The agitation regarding the proposed Metro tracks under two atash behrams inspired this verse:
Hang up your/ Priestly garbs/ Do not pretend/ To be pious/ And pray near/ The holy flame/ ’Cause you guys/ Do not have a spine/ To "play the game."
You are responsible/ For the decline/ In the community/ Because of/ Your attitude of/ Racism, discrimination/ As well bigotry.
Instead of uniting/ The community/ You guys have/ Divided the community/ Front left center/ By creating a/ "San Andreas Fault"
Doesn’t it bother you/ That our fire temples/ And agiaries/ Are in utter ruin?/What do we/ Have to show for?/ Carefree attitude/ Ego and pride?
Why are we so/ Gullible that we/ Let them/ Herd us like sheep/ As though to say/ We have no brains/ It’s sheer laziness/ As well laissez faire
Zoroastrianism is/ already sinking/ Before we know/ It will fade away/ Going, going gone.
Smarten up people/ Take up the fight/ If we all band together/ Zoroastrianism surely will/Survive
Any takers? FARIDA BAMJI
faridabam@gmail.com
Ottawa, Canada
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