Ode To Karachi

 Karachi, you shining waste land

Where dogs are gnawing in the sand 

In rolling dunes they rolling pray

Calling out they sacred name 

I hear their sermon in the night 

In the clock 'fore break of light 

Songs of fortitude they sing

In the company of Djinn

Where they sleep is holy land

Karachi you shining waste land 

As I watch them rise in sleep

Through forests of concerete 

Theirs souls travel beckoning 

Tramps and martyrs, souls calling 

Each towards this holy song

That Dogs have taught all saints to sing

That it is fair, fortune, fitting 

That in a life we do nothing

Only watch as we idle stand

Karachi, you shining waste land