This is an annotated copy of the poem. This poem is one of the poems that the IEB has prescribed for the 2020 Matric year. Annotations provide brief snippets of extra information.
When I alk into a room
here m father has j st been
I fill the same spaces he did
from the elbo s on the table
to the head thro n back
and hen e la gh e aim the g ffa
at the same space in the air
Before an bod has told me this I kno
beca se I see m self thro gh
m father s e es
When I as a pigeon toed bo
m father sed his oice
to send me to bed
to r n and b the ne spaper
to scribble m a thro gh matric
He also sed his oice for harsher things
to bl ster hen e made a noise
hen the kitchen asn t cleaned after s pper
hen I as o t too late
Late for ork on man mornings
one sock in hand its t in
an angr glint in his e es he flings
dirt clothes o t of the ashing bo
ests jeans pants and shirts sho ting
anagrams of fee fo fi f m ntil he is p
to his knees in a stinking heap of la ndr
I ha e m father s oice too
and his f ming temper
and I sho t as he does
B t I spe the ords o t
in pairs of alliteration
and an air of assonance
E er thing a poet needs
m father has beq eathed me
e cept the ords
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