Pakistani Politics
I stay at home all day. I eat, sleep, laze around and then sleep some more. I am not really interested in what happens in Pakistan, as far as the political scene goes. As long as I'm getting three meals a day, I don’t complain. I belong to one of those families who speak out against atrocities and actually care who the president is. They go to protests and make huge banners to express what they feel
When, Nawaz Sharif was sent back my mother, cried. She cursed Musharraf and his policies. My 'sisters' were outraged when they heard that Benazir was coming back. When the emergency was imposed they wrote articles against it and distributed them knowing that they could get arrested.
I, on the other hand, did not move a muscle. In fact, I slept more because everyone was busy doing their own thing. I am glad no one even expects me to do anything. Maybe it’s because I can't speak. What do I think of the President? I don’t really mind him; he has not done anything to me personally.
I am good at one thing though, my sisters’ children are terrified of me. Their mother tells them that if they don’t eat then Uncle Sam will eat them. It does the trick all the time, and they stuff their mouth with whatever is left on the plate. I would rather have them leave the food, I could have gotten the leftovers but I am obese as it is.
The woman who calls herself my mother is nasty. She kicks me when she thinks no one is looking. Yesterday, she had a fight with her boyfriend and she was so angry that she tried choking me (wishing that I am him I suppose). I yelped and everyone came running, she lied of course, said she had accidentally stepped on my foot. How I wanted to bite her, but I knew they would throw me on the streets if I did.
If ever, I venture out on the streets the neighborhood kids throw rocks at me. Maybe because I look different and cant defend myself with words. The other day some neighborhood dogs attacked me, I haven’t left the house since.
The reasons why I am not interested in Pakistani politics:
I am more concerned about day to day survival
I am a dog.
2 comments:
WOW. Very thought provoking, yet subtle.
It doesn't say much, but it inexplicably says and defines a lot. It definitely leaves an impression on the reader, don't know for the good or bad, but it does. Thus, strengthening the fact that IS good writing. Raw and exposed writing. No cliches. I must say: Job Well Done, wifey! ;)
That is the best trick they play on common people like us. But trust me it is just a ‘make believe’ stunt. We are ape-descendant and have little to do with the WOLVES :P
We are humans because we feel; reacting to a situation is just a petty matter of evolution. I have high hopes that we will eventually evolve as a nation of aware humans and not a pack of wolf-descendants.
:P
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