Invisible Children - Memorising - Mariana Llanos

Question 1

Invisible…

Answer 1

Invisible children fall
through the cracks of the system
like Alice in the rabbit hole

Question 2

But these…

Answer 2

But these children won’t find
an eat-me cake or a drink-me bottle
they won’t wake up on the lap
of a loving sister

Question 3

They’ll open…

Answer 3

They’ll open their eyes on the hand
of a monster called Negligence
who’ll poke them with its sharp teeth
and bait them with its heartless laughter
like a wild thing in a wild rumpus

Question 4

But the children…

Answer 4

But the children won’t awake
to the smell of a warm supper,
nor will they find a purple crayon
to draw an escape door or window

Question 5

Instead they’ll…

Answer 5

Instead they’ll make a mirror
of a murky puddle on the city street
which won’t tell them they’re beautiful
but it’ll show their scars, as invisible to others
as these children are