View from my Roof
it looks insignificant, this threatened lake
lined with so many wooden houses
topped with corrugated sheets
overheated and decaying
unsteady on their stilts
in mosquito clouds
they look pretty shiny green
the floating fields of watercress
that almost closes the stretch of water
a little further into the horizon,
where dirty money reigns and rules
behind heavily guarded gates
daylight is banned vigorously
and greed beats the mind,
against wonderful plans,
they decided to fill it up
displaced lives soon will color
the assigned encampments red
where nothing was settled
power determines their death
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Submitted by ludy_b on April 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 588 |
| Words | 94 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 7, 3, 1 |
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