Diagnosis of the Kwashiorkored Giant



I know you still feel ebullient
But you have to watch your steps now
Cos you're not as powerful
Nor as strong, as you use to be
You're sick, my black giant, you're very sick

You suffer from this deadly cankerworm
Which has eaten deep into your bone marrow
And spread all over your blood stream
So much so, your leukocytes could no longer fight
To protect and secure the body Structure
And your whole system has broken down

The symptom is like Kwashiorkor
Large head, lean body
(The head eating up the body)
And more frequent stomach diarrhea.
The disease is called B&C
Bribery and Corruption
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Written on May 05, 2012

Submitted by Benny11 on January 24, 2024

Modified by Benny11 on March 06, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXAX BCBXXX CAAXAX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 595
Words 112
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 6

Benson Chukwueke

Owerri, Nigeria since 1971. This is how I process and express my innermost cogitations; sitting back with pen and paper, painting words and polishing them until they become flowered verses. I guess for these actions, I could be called a poet or what do think? more…

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