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Big Bellies,Big Cars. These are our leaders. Sunken Eyes,Starving stomachs Those are your neighbors. Dysfunctional systems and it's not so important. Hospital shelves have no drugs and the beds are rusty. There is no food in the basket But the main economic activity for the country is agriculture Bribery is now part of culture. The doctor will decline to offer you his assistance if you don't avail him with 'a little something'. Part of our taxes go to personal accounts some abroad. On Some days some people in the City,I Have seen some,sell their blood through donation drives in hopes for the free biscuit and soda and this is lunch. And some go on for some days without any food not even little to their mouth And not because of leisure or for their pleasure. On the days when they get what to offer to the impatiently waiting intestines,it's a pleasure. Some of our young girls are introduced to adulthood because of the conditions in the families they come from. Chips and chicken,KFC,maybe Cafe Javas,have fun together and definitely bed later. Some have 'achieved' more than this,like small cars say Vitz,Raum and Spacio but their lives have not changed for the better. Some offer their Prized bodies to these predators for petty items like phones,clothes and leisure. The dignity lost in doing this has a measure. All this because for some of their needs and wants,some even so small,Their parents can't cater. Potholes in the roads can even be a topic to joke about Harming our cars that we toiled so much to acquire,we are not so bothered,since the people in charge,will soon work on them(We hope) Sewerage spews all over our streets and roads sometimes and still we are hopeful for the better. Maybe not now,maybe later. Big bellies,Big Cars. Those are our leaders. Sunken eyes,Starving stomachs Those are your Neighbors
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Dec 28, 2019
Dec 28, 2019 at 8:01 AM UTC
Big Bellies,Big Cars
Big Bellies,Big Cars. These are our leaders. Sunken Eyes,Starving stomachs Those are your neighbors. Dysfunctional systems and it's not so important. Hospital shelves have no drugs and the beds are rusty. There is no food in the basket But the main economic activity for the country is agriculture Bribery is now part of culture. The doctor will decline to offer you his assistance if you don't avail him with 'a little something'. Part of our taxes go to personal accounts some abroad. On Some days some people in the City,I Have seen some,sell their blood through donation drives in hopes for the free biscuit and soda and this is lunch. And some go on for some days without any food not even little to their mouth And not because of leisure or for their pleasure. On the days when they get what to offer to the impatiently waiting intestines,it's a pleasure. Some of our young girls are introduced to adulthood because of the conditions in the families they come from. Chips and chicken,KFC,maybe Cafe Javas,have fun together and definitely bed later. Some have 'achieved' more than this,like small cars say Vitz,Raum and Spacio but their lives have not changed for the better. Some offer their Prized bodies to these predators for petty items like phones,clothes and leisure. The dignity lost in doing this has a measure. All this because for some of their needs and wants,some even so small,Their parents can't cater. Potholes in the roads can even be a topic to joke about Harming our cars that we toiled so much to acquire,we are not so bothered,since the people in charge,will soon work on them(We hope) Sewerage spews all over our streets and roads sometimes and still we are hopeful for the better. Maybe not now,maybe later. Big bellies,Big Cars. Those are our leaders. Sunken eyes,Starving stomachs Those are your Neighbors
emanzi-ian
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30/M/Kampala Uganda
Dec 28, 2019
Dec 28, 2019 at 8:01 AM UTC
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