At the roadside, there’s a structure,
it seems a house but I wasn’t sure.
It was built some years ago,
long before my life was brought into.
The dweller calls it a house,
but others call it otherwise
Some people name it a shanty,
a symbol of difference in society.
Built with scrap galvanized iron,
pieces of leftover woods and carton.
Some old rubber wheels on the roof,
to strengthen the foundation so soft.
Branded as informal settler,
but eloquently called a squatter.
Often disregarded by the authority,
remembered only on election day.
A squatter, a house, or a shanty,
no matter how it is called by many.
It is deemed as a decent shelter,
by those who are very less in power.
it seems a house but I wasn’t sure.
It was built some years ago,
long before my life was brought into.
The dweller calls it a house,
but others call it otherwise
Some people name it a shanty,
a symbol of difference in society.
Built with scrap galvanized iron,
pieces of leftover woods and carton.
Some old rubber wheels on the roof,
to strengthen the foundation so soft.
Branded as informal settler,
but eloquently called a squatter.
Often disregarded by the authority,
remembered only on election day.
A squatter, a house, or a shanty,
no matter how it is called by many.
It is deemed as a decent shelter,
by those who are very less in power.
