Where do the homeless go when it rains?
An Allegory For Pain 2007 (Jamaica)
Where do the homeless go when it rains?
Do they hide under the shade of a mango tree
Hoping none of the hard fruit wiggles free?
Do they hide in the doorway
of a trusted shop
Ignoring the judging eyes
And praying soon for the rain to stop
Do they go to a shelter or Hide at a cliffs edge?
In a car they own or under a bench
I wonder things like these sometimes
As I sit gazing at the sky
From my bus window
As i pass them by.
About this poem
Just a poem i made up while watching the rain
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Written on October 31, 2023
Submitted by stargazersnail on October 31, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBCDEDFGHIJI |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 99 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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