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In a way we are all
Dr Faustus.

One from his craze
and another helpless from blackmail
barters away his soul.

One mortgages his eyes
to trade in dreams
and another offers
his mind as collateral.
All that one may need sense
is the currency of the day.

So a survey of life’s Wall Street says
that among those with the buying power these days
self-respect is very popular.


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i have not studied parveen shakir at all , i do not know her urdu poetry but this one is good. can u share her urdu verses. i want to know how did she do in her urdu poetry
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