By I.
They still say
Stop spreading your Muslim
As if they forgot
That they smeared us all over asphalt roads,
Covered us all over the walls and floorboards,
The scent of our burning flesh lingers above a burning building,
No wonder why we are everywhere
II.
Prop us up on headlines
As the villain
Or the martyr
Or a misguided attempt at both
Because of a “barbaric” religion
Wonder how something so oppressive
Disguise itself as liberation
Try to liberate us
With comments
Bullets
Bombs
Bans
III.
Pull your children away from us
In hushed tones and low whispers
Call us “evil”
“Devils”
“Scarf bitches”
“Other”
Say we don’t belong here
Snicker about how
If I could bend over to pray
I could bend over for you too
In the same breath,
Wonder how could such killers, such dogs, could exist
Over the past few weeks
Forget who bred them