September 30 is International Blasphemy Day.

In places such as Pakistan, blasphemy's a capital crime. Courts sentence people to death for it, though often mobs will lynch the accused person first. One defendant in a blasphemy case was even gunned down in the courtroom where he was already on trial for his life.

So today we blaspheme, in solidarity with the oppressed and defiance of fundamentalism. To that end, I've released a short volume of blasphemous poems -- Apostasy, Blasphemy, Absurdity: A Poetry Chapbook.