COARSENESS OF WELLNESS
IT IS BETTER AND BEST FOR US
TO KNOW THAT
WE NEED LIFE TO ENJOY THINGS
IT IS DEVASTATING TO BELIEVE THAT
WE NEED THINGS TO ENJOY LIFE
THE HEALTHY PHYSICIANS ARE BECOMING SICK
INCESSANT STRIKES WEAKEN THE CAPACITIES
OF THE TAKEN HIPPOCRATIC OATH
AND NARROWED THE
SPREADING POWER OF LICENSES
IF WARNERS AGAINST DISEASES,
ARE ABUSERS OF ITS RISK FACTORS,
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
HAS LOST ITS SENSE ORGANS
ROAD TRAFFIC CRIES OUT FOR HELP
NO ONE ANSWERED, AND IT GOT UPSET
BREAKING PEOPLE’S BONES
SAPPING OUT INNOCENTS’ SPINAL CORDS
RENDERING THE LIMBED LIMBLESS
THROUGH AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS,
BECAUSE NO VOICE WAS AMPLIFIED IN HER FAVOUR
DRUGS!
CONCEIVED TO RESTORE PHYSIOLOGY
AIMED AT DESTROYING PATHOLOGY
ALONG WITH ITS PLACENTA, SIDE EFFECTS
HAD SPOKEN AGAINST DUBIOUS
PRODUCTION AND TRANSACTIONS
HAD BEEN DISTRESSED, MAJORLY
BECAUSE OF UNAFFORDABILITY
IS NOW DESTROYING PHYSIOLOGIES
AND GREASING PATHOLOGIES
SOME SOILS ARE LOAMY
SOME ARE SANDY,
WHILE OTHERS ARE CLAY
LOAMY SOIL IS IMPOVERISHED
POOR SANITATION TOOK IT FOR GRANTED
AND ITS NUTRIENTS BECAME CANCEROUS
THROUGH IMPROPER SEWAGE DISPOSAL
METASTASIZING TO AFFECTING AGRICULTURE
WHAT OF OUR FINGERS?
PARTICULARLY THE FINGER BEDS
CAPABLE OF HARBOURING SUBSTANCES SUCH AS
SKIN SPECKS OF DIRTS,
FROM ITCHES BY SCRATCHES
WASTE HANDPICKING, AMONGST OTHERS
MOST OF THE TIME FORGET
ITS TIME OF CALL-TO-ORDER
PREDISPOSING TO INFECTIOUS AND
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
HYGIENE MUST TAKE HER WEAPON
ACCOMPANIED BY A BALANCED DIET
TO ANTAGONIZE ANTAGONISTS
OF HEALTH & WELL-BEING
BECAUSE IT IS A GOAL
A SUSTAINABLE GOAL
A GOOD HEALTH IS GOOD
AND WELL-BEING IS GOODLY WELL
About this poem
The coarseness of Wellness was written on the 1st of October 2022 (Nigeria's Independence day), to remind me and the citizens of the challenges the country's healthcare is facing.
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Written on October 01, 2022
Submitted by reubencelestine on November 10, 2022
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Scheme | ABXBX XCXXX DEFG XHXXAGI XJJXAGKBAC JJKXXAKI EXXADEHIXD FXXXKKXK |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,636 |
Words | 275 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 4, 7, 10, 8, 10, 8 |
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