Nailing Man's Fear
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Can't empty bowls be filled with rice each day?
Whatever ever age, gender, color, or creed
That mankind’s dire hunger be swept away,
Not by crumbs when wheatfields are lush, indeed.
While harvest of earth is bounty, divine
Millions cease to exist from starvation .
How to allay famine, a dreadful sign
When nature endows all without ration ?
The world yields enough crops through sun or rain
And river beds swim with fish of seasons
Providing decent meals from nourished grain.
Then why this famish for selfish reasons?
Man grows afraid ....yet, this is my prayer:
That food NOT be used as greed for money,
But life's blessing, God’s gift equal and fair,
And nail this curse," wipe off trade’s gluttony!"
Fear ll Contest, Debbie Guzzi
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* The United Nations estimates that about
795 million people of the 7.3 billion people
in the world, or one in nine, were suffering
from chronic undernourishment in 2014-2016.
*It is believed that a principal underlying cause
of poverty and hunger is the operation of
economic systems in the world that resources
end up in the hands of a rich minority.
Copyright © Nette Onclaud | Year Posted 2016
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