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Jul 05, 2022 Letters
By Glenn Lall
We’re returning to the days of slavery.
These people are fetching away our wealth,
And living like kings and queens
While Guyana is left to starve,
Living like beggars.
Brothers and sisters,
We are the richest country on earth per capita.
As I speak now…
We have wealth that can make Guyana greater than America overnight.
But we are not benefiting from it.
We cannot fix the sewage system in this country.
It is stinking all over; we have a low down stinking city.
The salary being paid to our citizens, can’t even pay some of their rent.
The pensioners can’t even buy pampers for themselves.
Our citizens driving recondition vehicles and driving donkey carts.
Living in blackouts morning, noon and night, drinking dirty water.
Some of us can’t even afford to bury our own dead in this country.
We can’t even patch the pot holes on the roads, much less pave.
We can’t fix the kokers and drains to avoid flooding and disasters.
Guyanese wearing rubber slippers and balata foot.
We got people begging all over. We have people thieving all over.
Some of them are riding motor bikes, snatching umbrella to put food on their table.
While the foreign people fetching away, and living like kings and queens
Drinking champagne and fine wine, taking our wealth,
Building their cities with skyscrapers, building highways and railways,
Driving Mercedes-Benz, Lamborghini, Gucci, Nike and Louis Vuitton
Yes, they’re living the life, building their countries with me and you money.
Yes, our gold, our diamond, our timber, bauxite and our oil.
What a beautiful Guyana this is. Guys, we gotta wake up! We gotta stand up!
This is a message from Glenn Lall.
(Compiled by Julie Jailall)
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