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I am Tired of Poverty
I have seen hell: financially and figuratively speaking
It is when poverty means: no food, no transport, no drugs, no health, no strength, no friend, no relationship: you would appreciate the poverty indeed.
Poverty has levels.
Poverty is common. Poverty is universal. There are more poor people in the world.
These are stories making the rounds. Various statistics show how deep-rooted poverty is, especially in the developing world, say Africa and Latin America.
Those issues, however, are not the focus of this write-up. They are simply global or general poverty index available on various platforms.
The poverty this writer is talking about is a personal poverty that eats deeper than cankerworm. It disturbs more than mosquitoes in a waterlogged environment.
It reduces a full-grown man to be less than a kid. Little wonder, a 60-year old would answer a 28-year-old man: “Sir”. And, he does it as though his life depends on it.
It makes a man unable to speak, think, move and act accordingly.
I have seen such level of poverty that many people reading this piece might hardly believe. They would…
