Bare back
Every vertebra visible
Empty bellies
Cups half way full with rain water
Dirt and misquote larva in the bottom
During the day its sun burnt faces and hot bodies
At night it’s shivering struggling to stay warm
Rotting cavity filled teeth
Nobody knows the difference
If there’s an eye problem
A stigmatism
A struggle to see
Nobody knows the difference
No education
No learning to read
They might have names
They just don’t know how to spell it
Infection in between pieces of open flesh
Bodies exposed to the world all day
Dirt in every crevice
Hair nappy matted into knots
Only removable by scissors
This is all there’s ever been
It’s not that they don’t dream for a better future
It’s just that they don’t know what that looks like