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World Hunger

Michael Marchese

By Michael Brandon MarchesePublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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7 billion mouths to feed

Empty bellies full of greed

Faithful junk food our main course

Of action to appease this force

So ravenous for what to do

We bite off more than we can chew

We need to have, we need to take

Mass consumption stomachache

Devouring everything in sight

Insatiable our appetite

So hunt we must, or starve we will

A violent image, made to ****

To conquer, ravage, seize and own

Ensuring lega-seeds are sewn

Elucidating our own birth

By leaving one more mouth on earth

Condemned to taste the wars of men

Destined to eat the rest of them

Eternal struggling, burden

Will find only damnation feasts

No fruits of labor hanging down

Not one of them shall wear the crown

They hungered for so truthfully

But slaughtered for so ruthlessly

So it was, it is, will always be

Only in death are we set free

Humanity's a prison cell

We dine alone in God's green hell

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