I Know A Country (Poetry) by; Dr Bamisaye Jesugbemi

I KNOW A COUNTRY
I know a proverb
"Like begets like".
I know a fact
"Like country, like her healthcare".
I know a country
With sick citizenry.
Simply put, I know a sick country.
You say "But it's a great country"!
Then, it must be a greatly sick country!
Like begets like.
Like country, like her healthcare.

I know a country
Whose leaders are comfy
While Malaria depopulates her citizenry
Like a mean aunty
Feasting while her niece is starving.
I know a country
You also know the country.
Like begets like.
Like country, like her healthcare.

I know a country
Whose kings leave the country
To get good health care
But fail to replicate same in their country.
I know a country.
You also know the country.
Like begets like,
Like country, like her healthcare.

I know a country
That spends more on secondaries
Than she does on primaries.
A country where emergencies
Are almost equal to mortalities.
I know a country.
You also know the country.
I weep for the country.

 Written by Dr Jesugbemi Bamisaye
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