Pak politics a winner

Prioritized in life

Ambassador role on offer

For a politician’s wife.

A photo op is waiting

In every major city

Patronize the poor

Smother them with pity

No daily walks for water

Your children taught in class

Pretend to be so pure

As you shake your skinny ass

Mock other politicians

For breaking every rule

But are you so much better

Or another western tool

Post selfie pics on Twitter

As exploited women cry

You couldn’t be much fitter

While malnourished babies die

Who cares for meritocracy

When you can use your fame

Celeb is all that matters

As the people know your name

“Hello” will seek your story

Put you on the cover

Airbrush the imperfections

Of “devoted wife and mother”

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.