Empress of African sorrow <br />Purple night has blistered the heart <br />Thistles of the western wind <br />Insolated diseased children <br />Cries like buried alive <br />Tuberculosis and aids <br />Epidemic and pestilence 2014 <br /> <br />She weeps before the sun <br />Sanitarium filled with despair <br />Major drug companies turn away <br />Heartburn, anti cholesterol business <br />Not profitable to invest in poor Africa <br />Africa 11% of the world’s population <br />29% of the worlds TB -34% of world’s death <br /> <br />Africa Bleeds like a forsaken child dying of TB<br /><br />Joseph Narusiewicz<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/africa-bleeds/
