A Recipe to Die For

Have you ever been hungry?

No, not the craving for

chocolate or chips

But the stomach roiling,

noisy gut emptiness that comes

from hours and days

without food

your stomach full

of pain

your body shivering, cold

and then alone, you are left with

dull ache, cloudy mind, desolate heart

because a small number have it all

and there are no leftovers for the rest

Have you ever craved justice?

so that each has not

more and more

but just enough

so all are fed

in body

in spirit