There is a lot of imagery in blessing, as we have discussed before, but today I want to talk about LUXURY.
Blessing uses words associated with luxury and extravagance to present the water.
"A sudden rush of fortune"
"Silver crashes to the ground"
"the liquid sun"
What could this mean?
You decided that it meant that the water was a luxury for the people of Dharavi slum. It was as rare and precious to them as an expensive gold necklace is to us. It is hard to acquire and when the people have it, they savour it.
How does this make you feel about how you treat water?
There is also a contrast in the poem. When the people rush to get the water, they carry "pots... brass, copper, aluminium, plastic buckets, frantic hands". These are not rare or luxurious materials, and shows how poor the people are. It JUXTAPOSES the luxury of the water.
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