A Hunger for Change

by hrobarger

November 4, 2015

A grain of rice

A grain of sand

How can this be a promised land

What's this century

When people just like you and me

Across the city, down the street

Like people in Sahara heat

Both need to be fed

Can't even get their daily bread

There's no thirds, seconds or firsts

Each world is full of hunger and thirsts

Food deserts in the topography

Made by wealth, not geography

Poor is universal

But enough food is the reversal

What seems a world away

You may run into every day

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hrobargerNov 4, 2015

<p>We may think of starvation and hunger as a problem that happens in Africa, or China, or the northeast U.S.; we picture it anywhere but right in front of us. Because we see it as a far away issue, it is deemed unimportant or unrealistic to combat. The truth is that in all places, people suffer from a lack of food. I live in developed, suburban town yet every food bank runs out from demand. Good nutrition is a human right, and we can begin to provide it wherever we are.</p>