Twas the Night Before Ramadan by Mullah Mohammed Omar
'Twas the night before
Ramadan, and all through the cave Not a creature was stirring; it felt like
a grave. The turbans were hung by the firepit with care, In hopes the U.S.
Air Force would not soon be there. The soldiers were restless without any beds, While visions of air strikes
flashed in their heads. Osama in his burkha and I in my goatskin cap, Had just settled down for a
cold, barren winter's nap, When out on the ledge there arose such a clatter,
I grabbed my Kalashnikov to see what was the matter. Away from the racket I ran like a girl, Tripped over a goat; into a ball I
did curl. The moon shone down on the new-fallen snow And lit up the valley
with an ominous glow, When, what to my one good eye should appear, But a
dozen Apaches, and tanks in the rear, And their leader, so fearless, his
troops he did push, I knew in an instant it must be George Bush. More rapid than eagles his forces they came, And they whistled, and shouted,
and called out our names; "Now Omar! Osama! Muhammad! Abdul! We come for you
now; we've taken Kabul! To the top of the cliffs! To the back of their caves! When you chose this
war, you dug your own graves!" As the dry leaves that before the assault choppers fly, When they meet with
an obstacle, light up the sky, So up to the ledge his forces they flew With full magazines, and
flamethrowers too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard with a thud The explosions of Tomahawks;
not one was a dud. As I chambered my rifle, and was turning around, Osama
was there, disguised in a gown. He was dressed all in drag, from his head to his toes, And he said he would
flee while I held off his foes; A bundle of money he had stuffed in his pack, He said "I'm going to Baghdad
and I'm not looking back!" His eyes were all glassy; he trembled with fear; The American bombs, they
rang in his ears. He saddled his goat, then turned tail and fled, But a Marine Corps sniper
got him in the head. I watched with cold fear as his body did slump; The goat threw him off; he
fell with a thump. And so, there I stood, my plans all destroyed, About to
suffer a fate I could not avoid; I dropped to my knees; asked Allah for help, His voice boomed in my ears,
"You ignorant whelp! I gave you the Bible, the Torah and Koran, But you were too arrogant to
understand, I told you to honor your neighbors and wives; Not to enslave
them, or degrade their lives! You invoke My name to sanction your deeds, But you are the last thing that
this world needs. And so, I'll send you and bin Laden to Hell." The last words I heard, as the
bombs fell, Were from George Bush himself as he mounted the wall, "One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all!"
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