Tabled Scraps
high priority insecurity
gastro-growling,
a peckish fling
in the food desert -
not dessert - desert
this lip service
don't a mouth fill
maybe one of five
on the sleigh's edge
gazing at the growling wolf
of slowly going down,
ground down into an
early grave ground
raw capitalism just
too hard to digest
so fasting though
good for the soul
distracts from light
panging minds dreams
sweet in the night
next meal, the next meal
what's the big deal
you don't look distended
so stop the pretendin'
and gettin' over
on us, the satiated
shoulda waited for
a fulfilling meal
to steal and run
like Jean Valjean
with loaf in hand
fleein' Javert's pursuit
ravenous for justice
but whose?, just us?
or can anybody sit down,
come around and partake
the scraps for hunger's slake
disability by definition
means "not able", not "unwilling"
but we all know some are
"getting over" 'n'
workin' the system
'steada workin' a wage
but "working poor" still,
for sure, is workin' for
a livin', not freeloadin'
on government or society
and still are "not able"
to make it, so who's
fault is that I wonder?
while sittin' here eatin'
this cookie, trying to write
a wrong, or corrected,
feed some facts, for
the peace of mind
we all know and find,
when fed, cared, and loved
care for a bite of apathy?
© Goode Guy 2013-03-31
http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/12/17283055-5-questions-for-top-chef-judge-tom-colicchio-on-hunger-in-america?lite
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/film-on-childhood-hunger-opens/
http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/us_hunger_facts.htm
http://turkeyclubamerica.com/
http://feedingamerica.org/
http://www.nokidhungry.org/
http://www.foodbankonline.org/
https://www.hungerinamerica2014.org/SitePages/Home.aspx
Copyright © Goode Guy | Year Posted 2013
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