he lay flat face deep into the green grass the huge jacket covered his head, the heat onto his ears he is dirty the dirt screams from his flesh like a rotten smell he is pinned down by the throbbing footsteps passing by his lullaby is the hiss of the water from the pond and the roaring steel river; and the eyes of adults passing by 16 dart around like bubbles of boiling water - this small boy will die one day n his lips stuck together, glued by the glue he smokes. Mongane Wally Serote Post-reading 1. Prove from the poem that (a) the boy does not have a home (b) the boy does not get help from the passersby (c) passersby do not stop to help him (d) he is alone in the world (e) he has lost hope of getting any help. 2. Complete the following in your own words: (a) Eyes that 'dart around' (line 10) do not... (b) The boy's 'lips stuck together' (line 12) suggest ... 3. What does 'the huge jacket' (line 3) represent? 4. (a) We usually talk of a throbbing headache. In what way do the 'footsteps passing by' (line 6) pin down the boy? (b) What does this imply about the 'footsteps passing by'?
