A Tale from Jahilia in verse

San Cassimally
1 min readAug 18, 2024

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Synonyms: jahil, ignorant, stupid, dumbass, bodoh, dungu, tolol, bego, goblok, couyon, bebal, idiot.

Jahilia: Country with jahil people.

Toes (Unsplash)

Interesting events this week in Jahilia

Concerning, inter alia

A man who chopped off — no not his genitalia.

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But lower down, his toes

Which were the cause of his woes

His migraines and other mental lows.

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When a grain of sand gets in your shoes

It’s bad news

It blows up your fuse

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It bites and stings your big toe

You shift, it picks the next in the row

No succour, no it’s a mighty foe

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The man took off the shoe, the sock

Located the molecule, a miniscule rock

Flick’d it away saying f**k

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He breathed a sigh of relief

Gone the thorn, the grief

But what happened next is beyond belief

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In desertic Jahilia

The story gets sillier

Another grain’s waiting to deal wi’ yer

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He lost control at this stage

And in a fit of rage

Chopped off the pedal appendage

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San Cassimally
San Cassimally

Written by San Cassimally

Prizewinning playwright. Mathematician. Teacher. Professional Siesta addict.

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