Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
Odonko-ba Aug 2016
limousines  arrive
flashes of exorbitance
a child scrounge for food
The Olympics comes to Rio
Bailey Jun 2016
Tears stain
mother's cheeks
as she
struggles
to fill
her child's
tummy.
She skips
another meal
and
feeds,
nourishes,
protects.
She hears
the moans
and cries
her
baby
exerts.
The dark
circles under
their eyes.
So tired
of being
hungry.
Hungry.
All other
thoughts
vanish.
Hungry.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifte­en
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fi­fteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.­
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
milli­on.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
mi­llion.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen
million.
Fifteen­
million.
Fifteen
million.
Over fifteen million children go hungry. Click here to find out how you can help--at no expense to you.

http://www.childhungerendshere.com/end-child-hunger-in-the-US/

Do you usually buy Chef Boyardee, P.F. Changs, Marie Callendars, Hunts, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, ReddiWhip, Snack Pack, Blue Bonnet, Wesson, Healthy Choice, Peter Pan, Rosarita, Van Camps, Wolf Brand Chili, ACT II, Tenessee Pride, Libby's, or Parkay? You can help!
Even if you don't buy these foods, you can repost this poem, and share the link I've provided.
I was once a hungry child, my mother skipped meals for me and--in the hardest times--stole for me. Please help these children and parents. Child hunger ends here.

— The End —