The Boy who Sees His Dark Face After a Long Time

A market place where nearby
The old Railway station
Under the hot Sun,
The shoeshine boy
Not yet ten
With his holey satchel
Who shines the old retired
Bachelor Station Master's shoes
And he sees on the toe his dark face
After a long time since the day
Broke the mirror
And kicked his Mom away
By the drunkard father!

(To the Brazilian authoress Carolina Maria de Jesus
for her diary 'Child of Darkness'.)