Slum Certainty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEFGH IGJKLMNO PQDRS| Certainty in a slum is present by its absence | A |
| Or rather slums are ever certain of uncertainty | B |
| If ever there's certainty then | C |
| The night will be colder in the cold season | D |
| Hotter in the hot season | D |
| Mounts and molehills of human waste will line up the narrow strips between shacks | E |
| And uric acid will prick the nostrils and eat the iron walls and roofs | F |
| Hunger pangs will keep awake and keep you awake to plot for the next crumbs | G |
| Thirst like a shadow always by your door | H |
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| Otherwise | I |
| Uncertainty rules the slums | G |
| Who knows when it will flood and floor down the flats and flow away with life | J |
| What time the private developer will wall you in and erect a pyramid | K |
| Or the government relocate you the relics to put up new houses and reallocate itself | L |
| Who knows when cholera or typhoid | M |
| Pneumonia or dysentery will wash away this human pain | N |
| When Corona will corrode the Toyota Corolla junk that's your house | O |
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| Slums are certainly vote rich | P |
| Are certain of periodic promises | Q |
| On periodic podiums and seasonal shows of compassion | D |
| From certain honchos who in paradise dwell they're certain of your vote | R |
| Be certain they won't return till it's certain they must | S |
Denis Barasa
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