In our confinements
Happy
We live unaware, the walls tall
Impervious
All night the sky rained,
The cadence of pattering
Camouflaged the voices wailing
Wall of wattle-daub fell
And thatched roof trickled
Bled for the whole night
Have-nots
Lay collapsed beside.
In the bliss of rain, drenched,
The sight remained veiled
Of opulence’s haze,
Oblivious
We live happily
With our towering disdain.
.
Damp briquette
And burning hunger
Scathed souls
Gulped rainwater, satiated
Howling stomach, hushed.
Then rained incessantly
With the clouds,
Eyes barren
And the skyline insolent stood a bystander.
.
A new day dawned, shone hope,
Stolen their share of light, the high-rise
Penumbra cast under they remained,
Plunged into the darkness forever
And we live happily
Unaware ‘n indifferent.
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