Sluggo - “The Garden”
Sluggo epitomizes extraversion for he “would purr his way into anyone’s heart.” Sluggo’s approachability would make its stress-free for an individual to adulate him.
Mphahlele - “The Garden”
The speaker portrays Mphahlele as misanthropic. Mphahlele represents introversion which would make it gruelling for him to intermingle generously with humans.
Calico - “Fragment of Ancient Skull”
The departed young man’s calico symbolizes overlooked history. After the transmission on the skull to a museum, the particulars about the calico are not contained within in the cataloguing details of the skull.
Silence - “Crossing the River”
The speaker observes, “Outside/ there is no sound whatsoever. If things/ call to each other at this hour of night/I do not hear them.” The hush signifies death. The things cannot interconnect for they are unconscious.
