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World Trade Center Speaks

By Farzana Moon

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Zeal and tyrannyWearing the noose of DeathHas struck againMutilating the face ofLove and PeaceHatred and bigotryAre the weapons of menGuided by IblisAnd drunk by the blood of EvilBowing before the altarsOf their own self-righteousnessConsumed by the fire of hell from withinHow piously and grandlyThey have dragged the victimsOf the Pentagon and World Trade CenterInto the pit of chaos and sufferingKnowing not that ParadiseIs the abode of the InnocentAnd hellfire the eternal reward of the ZealotsThe flames of justice following stillMost terrible and relentlessThe Face of Terrorism itself disfiguredAlas!At lastAmidst the biers ofPrayers and mourningA ProphecyFrom the lips of the afflictedfarzana Written September 11th, 2001 © on Oct 10 2001 01:26 AM PST   10 • 0 • 9

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"Zeal and tyrannyWearing the noose of DeathHas struck againMutilating the face ofLove and PeaceHatred and bigotryAre the weapons of menGuided by IblisAnd drunk by the blood of EvilBowing before the altarsOf their own self-righteousnessConsumed by the fire of hell from withinHow piously and grandlyThey have dragged the victimsOf the Pentagon and World Trade CenterInto the pit of chaos and sufferingKnowing not that ParadiseIs the abode of the InnocentAnd hellfire the eternal reward of the ZealotsThe flames of justice following stillMost terrible and relentlessThe Face of Terrorism itself disfiguredAlas!At lastAmidst the biers ofPrayers and mourningA ProphecyFrom the lips of the afflictedfarzana..."

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