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Hunger
Contributed by
lostonlyforalittlewhile
on
Sunday, 6th July 2008 @ 06:07:23 AM in AEST
Topic:
political
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I have never made your acquaintance
but you have seen me around.
Every time you take the train downtown
and pass me on the street, pleading for your
charity, asking for your scraps to eat.
I’m in the schools – in the empty bellies
of the children trying to feed their minds.
I’m in those commercials you despise
The ones showing kids picking through the trash
to find a meal for their family
like a half rotten piece of fruit
Images so cruel, you have to shut your eyes
I live in those make believe places in your mind
Countries that don’t really exist
in a world as affluent as your own
Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti;
surely not the manufacturing towns
off Interstate 80
One thing you didn’t know –
I live next door.
I’m the empty plate of the mother
who had to choose between dinner
and her son’s asthma medication.
Hidden so meticulously to spare you
any sense of obligation.
Copyright ©
lostonlyforalittlewhile
... [
2008-07-06 06:07:23]
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Re: Hunger
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by SilverRain on
Sunday, 6th July 2008 @ 07:38:48 AM AEST
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| Beautifully written. Very though provoking and striking. Something that would do well as a read for an add for a charity organization? Loved the ending. Memorable. |
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Re: Hunger
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by emystar on
Sunday, 6th July 2008 @ 12:00:40 PM AEST
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Sad but incredibly written.
Very touching write.
huggs, blessings,
emy |
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Re: Hunger
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by shelby on
Monday, 20th October 2008 @ 12:52:15 AM AEST
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You wrote with such eloquence on a topic that is so sad and also very real. Bless your heart. We all need an eye opener to things happening all around us.
Beautiful work.
Blessing love n huggers
Michelle |
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