A Ghazal for Peace

Empathy has died on Twitter
We have violently lied on Twitter

Another someone is targeted today
Your retweet is cyanide on Twitter.

Lynching anyone with a dagger of accusations
Truth is often mystified on Twitter.

A lifetime reduced to 140 characters
Nuance commits suicide on Twitter

A man compensates for an inferiority complex
And calls for a religious genocide on Twitter

A woman questions Qasab's death sentence
But can't forgive a flirt caught offside on Twitter.

Trading secrets for backstage business deals
Like revolutionaries we collide on Twitter.

"Muslims go to Pakistan"; #AlwaysBelieveHer:
Performative stances are glorified on Twitter

Either black or white from left or right
Mihir, how will extremism subside on Twitter?