Hunger
Hunger
Red-gulletted, it can eat up a man
A five year old could defy it at will
And reject a bite that comes once a day
Hunger, its wholesome milk ,and all the food
Hunger dies before it could kill or maim
City-fathers, priests, self-styled do-gooders
And plenitude-promising pot-bellies
There is only extinct humanity
Amidst your existent privileges.
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