Sunday, March 31, 2019

Hunger


Two small stones clattered for beat,
deep nasal voice sang for food.
Little girl scampered bare feet,
arms for alms her mother stood.
Often a smile filled these souls-
not enough for their bellies.
Sometimes few coins clinked their bowl,
and the lives got a new lease.
Short and light is their slumber-
long is the song of hunger.

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