IGCSE Poem: At the Bus Station: Dinzei Maureen
At the Bus Station By Julius Chingono (a Zimbabwean poet) When you arrive at the bus station pull down your tie or remove the tie to prevent strangulation. During the fight to board the bus, unfasten all buttons of the shirt and jacket to avoid losing the buttons. During the battle to gain entry to the bus, tighten both shoelaces for, when you are hauled into the bus, you hang in the air and the shoes may come off, tighten your belt to avoid being undressed during the scrambling at the door, remove your spectacles and hold tight to someone until you are in the bus. During the climb pay no attention to human sounds, also bear in mind words lose meaning until you are inside the bus. Summary and Analysis of the Poem Chingono’s At the Bus Station . Written in one long narrow column, the poem visually resembles a queue of people squeezing themselves as tightly as possible into a narrow space. Chingono uses enjambment so that, instead of laying sentences out line by line in an o...
