English poetry quotes

IF this is the last time I see her,/how joyous/the falling alphabet of rain.

First line: uncertain tone (the joy and comfort is bittersweet), grandmother may die soon

Second line: identifes emotion

Third line: metaphor for conversation, literal meaning - deluge

Also some enjambment throughout

There is food in our guts/laughter spouts from our mouths/bones turn to stock,

guts, mouths: Juxtaposition of growth + life

cooking, home and health, traditional culture

A good family moment - contrasts with the bittersweetness of the occasion

Lightning over treetops,/sculpting clouds in flashflare purple-yellow.

First line: ephemeral

Second line:

Memory trembles,/rain-written.

pensive tone

Some people are addicted to stuff they sniff, pop or inject-/but not me./I'm addicted to the smell of the patent leather out of the box,/The crisscrossed, immaculate laces.

addiction, consumerism

So I break my bread, so I shave my head, so I'm ready to go

Religious actions with consumerism

And she's working for something like two dollars a day,/And she's something like 64 with poor pay

Echo to earlier line, emphaising, realising how capitalism and consumerism exploits workers in poorer countries.

I say “yeah, yeah” and I grit my teeth./I lace up my ones then I hit the streets.

He knows deep down, that his dad is right.

The fact he already has ones shows that the marketing is already making an impression on him.

I imagined hibiscus flowers and wandering rhapsodists,/kampungs full of the wise and noble poor.

I imagined, what he belives his homeland is like

I saw Prada and mirror-balls,/I saw mosques and malls built from the same bricks,/and just as full of faithful.

Consumerism and religion both just as full of indoctrinated and devoted followes

Exile’s folly!/Second generationer’s hope and despair!

Disappointment. A key thing that many experience

And everywhere modernity churned.

An unstoppable machine, way past the point of no return

Under a dripping awning in Kuala Lumpur,/I see life swell immensely,/with laughter and chewing mouths.

If you look cllosely, people and culture are still alive. 

I got choices to make.

Uncertain ending, what happens?

But when her eyes turn to me,/they are keen and bright,/urging me to bear children/and not forget her.

urgent tone, wants remembrance, etc.