Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The sound of poverty in my country



Whooping cough

From morning till night

There are only herbs

Some leaves of grass

Soaked in water

Inside a tin cup

That advised to be taken

as Medicine

The sound is reverberating

In the town

And no one seems to mind

What to do about it

It cannot be stopped

The people wait

For another wailing sound

Someone bedridden

Just passed away

Another cough is on the way

Today and it will

From morning till night

And as usual the people wait

There is nothing that can be done

About it

The sounds of poverty reverberate

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