Open Defecation
I bow my head down in compunctions and in shame
For a contributory factor I had been to that which I blame
Oh Yes indeed I take no pride in that and my blame I will claim
But, to why I had done that, which you are doing, I seek to correct
Open Defecation (OD) is that wrong which we must all melee to right
But the battle as mostly waged by the unaffected are defeated in fright
For the mostly affected ones stocks the fire as you try to extinguished it
My fingers were crossed as I bring to memory the things I had seen at night
“The right thing must be done” to myself I said and for that I must write
But firs, to know the true cause of the menace I must indeed investigate
And for that my journey had started
Open defecation is indeed with us for long
And shall not persist here with us in Dagbong
Painful it shall be to consume that which you defecate
But indeed possible such is for your home alongside you go with it
It is a nourishment to the houseflies that descend on your food
Cause no more sickness to the children with that act
A cause of many sickness it is including diarrhoea, it’s a fact
340,000 children under five died in 2013 from diarrhoea related diseases
SayNoToOpenDefecatioN
Copyright © Abdul Rashid Mohammed | Year Posted 2017
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