by Sahil Mehta
Rama Duwaji is censured
by dim association.
Meanwhile,
the Sharia Free caucus
expands hatred with impunity.
The goose and the gander
must play on separate teams.
ICE is at the airports.
Why shouldn’t the fox be a stripper
at the hen party?
An alphabet soup
threatens to jumble the truth.
CBS is tilting at the windmills.
Being a Muslim in America
is antithetical
to our right to bare arms,
says the Congressman from Tennessee.
The only acceptable use of hijabs
is to cloak a woman’s words.
Sahil Mehta was born and raised in India. He currently lives in Boston, MA, where he works in the hospitality industry. His work has appeared in Foglifter Journal (nominated for PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers), Tint Journal (Special mention, Pushcart Prize anthology), Cleaver, Sixfold, South 85 Journal (2023 Julia Peterkin Flash Fiction Award, second runner-up), and other publications. His debut novel Love, Loss, and Lost Causes was published by Rebel Satori Press.