Hunger Sleeps Standing
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“Let this be your first lesson: give with one hand and take with the other. No one will be watching both.” - Susie Yang
“The hand that gives is above the hand that takes.” - an Arabic Proverb, also used by Napoleon
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Hunger sleeps standing,
leaning against time,
Its door is ajar,
wanting and waiting,
for the fast to lift.
Can't miss the hand-out
when it comes,
from one hand held-out giving,
to one hand held-out receiving,
both awake and aroused.
Copyright © John Anderson | Year Posted 2025
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