Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Death in the Time of Dengue (all apologies to ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’)



Breaking News:
Despite the outbreak
Dengue is still not
the no. 1 killer in the land.

The leading cause of death
In the country is a disease called
Tokhang.

No cure. Figures obscure.

Life after life
Bludgeoned
Butchered.
Boars in slaughterhouse
have luckier fate
to end up as prized meat
and not in a tally sheet
to boost a boast of shit feat.

Dengue is national epidemic
D-----e is national epidemonic.

-kantula gwapogi

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