Thirsty Borehole.
A poem by Odoh Diego Okenyodo
Let’s wash dirty linens…..
Check me out
I quit my job
And the warm world knows not
I deserve not a crust of trust
Yet your parched throats cry to me
Thirsty hole under the baobab tree
I am a local global action plan
Of yellow fever, green fever, envy fever
Water irrigating the grave
I am hygiene in the heaves
Sanitation of the firmaments
Join hands with me
Let’s sit under the baobab’s fingers
Of chocolate shadows
Praying for rains and hail
While listening to the songs of promises
That our thirst will quench someday.
Taken From: Water Testaments: Anthology of poems on water and water-related issues.
Edited by Greg Mbajiorgu. (2008) ISBN 978-049-921-0
Photo Credits: A man pumps water from a collection tank to a smaller tank in Lugari District using a Kickstart pump.
Kickstart is a non profit organization that helps entrepreneurs start small scale enterprises in countries such as Kenya and Tanzania. The Kickstart Pump is one of its most effective tools in helping improve agricultural production in the region.
Posted on December 1st, 2009
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