Poetry Corner: Die And Let’s Eat 

By Kwesi BISSUE

To the health of the wise

Good cheer

Good health all year

 

The secret to living long

The secret to staying young

…not dying young

Is now an open secret

Wide open

….can’t be hidden

 

The choice to live long

To stay young

Or die young

Is a choice by the wise

For the wise

To the wise

Good cheer

Good health all year

 

You can go to bed early

And rise early

You can go to bed late

And rise late

No matter what you do

Your sleep must benefit you

Your sleep must rest you

 

The advice to the wise

From the doctor, so medically wise

Is to last eight hours or so…in sleep

Is to spend your night in sleep

Your doctor whispers

And says

Sleep which is indeed deep

Surely long your health it will keep

 

After that heavy downpour of supper

Don not hurry into your chamber

Do not slip into your bed soon after

Wait till digestion begins to occur

Lest potbelly comes early…to rally willing ailments

And diabetes of a type follows days after

 

Rise early to do that exercise

To burn those calories

Exercise must be for all the time

Not only when you like

Jump up and up

Jump down and down

Walk around your lawns

Move forward and backwards

As you walk in the park

Then you strengthen your back

Then you kick-start your heart

Then you give your life a hearty spark

 

Smile all the time

Not just for a while

Smile all the while

You will find it worthwhile

Smile as you walk the mile

Smile as you even cross the Nile

Smile as you carry that heavy pile of life

Smile in style

Smile as you traverse the Isles of humanity

 

Water is life

As given by the Creator of life

Water is life

Drink water enough for abundance of life

Drink water in the morn

And repeat as you move on

Drink as the day wears on

Drink water before your meal

Do not drink betwixt your meal

Do not drink immediately after your meal

Drink if you want to heal dehydration

Drink if you must not fall ill

 

In the beginning was the fruit

And the fruit was from the beginning

The fruit was at mankind’s root

In the Garden full of fruits

Of a truth

Smoothies is smooth and fruity

Very healthy

Any fruit a day

Fruitfully keeps the doctor away

 

Sugar is not in polished sugar

Sugar is in natural sugar

Sugar is not in coloured water

Sugar is in the tubers

Natural sugar

Sugar that is coated on food

Sugar that is loaded into food

Is not good for food

Suffer your body not with artificial sugar

 

What if you don’t sleep deep

What if you don’t drink clear water

But you gulp gallons

of coloured water

What if you hate smoothies

But you love the cookies

But you chase the junk

What if you don’t smile

For a long while

What if you don’t do fruitful exercise

And the like

 

What if you die young

What if we stay young

And we live long

We will sing but a song

Just a song

Just to celebrate you

…for dying young

A life not well-lived

So die and let’s eat

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