a woman of many charms
least of whose talent
is manipulating stocks
making and breaking
her lovers

he is a prince of Wall Street
erstwhile a lover in waiting
lover, ex-lover, ex-prince
afraid of the white dragon
of late, he drives an all night cab
inside his taxi
dreaming the forbidden
is forbidden
forever

inheritors of rock
wind and waters
we have lost the sight
cannot prophesize
the next coming
neither do we know
who will initiate the worshipping
rumor says
it is that pregnant woman

- Yaqoob Ghaznavi