The is the lite interpretation of the (At) the receiving end. If you must read the poem, try and have a click.
The first thing to note is that I wrote this piece of work 2 OR 3 years back. I just picked it from one of my many electronic archives and had it posted for emphasis and a reminder for who the persona tries to inform in the real world.
The image attached is what is used to write the poem. It's photospeak. Many graduates aiming at one goal, to get employed and earn money and have a better life as dreamt. But obviously, there are many graduates but yet just one scared fish in the one water for many a graduates to catch. Who is catching it now? --implying in my society, the rate of unemployment is way too high and thus not helping.
After years studying hard at school, around here what should come next is SERVING THE COUNTRY via NYSC scheme for one good year and after which one would be all out to begin to make a living somehow, anyhow. This implies this piece is directed specifically at some group of people in a particular category in our society, not really everyone. And these people are (potential) graduates.
It began on a note of "fact" that there are many graduating every year yes but to what end? There are no establishments to employ them yes and not everyone would ever be able to think for themselves yes either, creatively and device a means of earning.
Then it glides to inform about the shitty systems with our "government" which is not helping anybody considering all and sundry aside them in power though, the few. It tells and mock their selfishness and self-centeredness.
Then it further hints on the pains inflicted on the parents who are now expecting returns from the child but are yet to get one as they are even still feeding his pr her mouth because of joblessness. That tells of how their weak cloths become into "rag" in their old age as filled with more agonies to the heart.
The following lines reminds the reader to try and note not to make the same mistakes our fathers and mothers made when they could still run and go creative somehow. When they could have tried not to be used and to be dumped by private firms, government after many years in service. It aids them to try and be creative for self and through that, even if there is no firm showing interest yet, creativity would still bring food on the table alongside dignity.
In sum, the poem is telling students, graduates, unemployed, to chest out, open their heads and be creative so as to invent and through that monies would come in.
