the ArabSpring proposed to liberate
a free Islam for a new, freer age
beyond the tyrants' politics of hate
religion full of love, and not of rage
Islamic State sprang up as from the sand
opposed to all hints of modernity
afraid lest wives and daughters understand
their place need not be always on their knees
uneducated men perceived the threat
as work was less about one's strength of arm
smart women won't accept their fates as set
since they can run a business or the farm
mechanization over-turned their worlds
contributing to ISIL's war on girls
a free Islam for a new, freer age
beyond the tyrants' politics of hate
religion full of love, and not of rage
Islamic State sprang up as from the sand
opposed to all hints of modernity
afraid lest wives and daughters understand
their place need not be always on their knees
uneducated men perceived the threat
as work was less about one's strength of arm
smart women won't accept their fates as set
since they can run a business or the farm
mechanization over-turned their worlds
contributing to ISIL's war on girls
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