Spoon Feeds Hunger ©Diane Wilbon Parks, April 2019 What I want is for you to feel everything, for you to take your spoon, and start digging into their place of less than, their plates of empty, their bulging bones, that growling ache that crawls across promises, that easily float through hunger like air, that drags them into sleep, wakes them up, disappears and comes back again as empty as air. What I want is for you to feel everything, for you to take your spoon and empty yourself - out, for you to dig up every song, every dream, every day, every week, every year, every breakfast, every lunch and every dinner. Empty them out! until your belly resembles their belly, until their spasms leave, until whispers are no more, until breathing looks back at you, until hope slips into your pockets, and you become a spoon to feed hunger. Diane Wilbon Parks (Prince George’s County, MD) is a poet, visual artist, and author; Diane has written a Children’s Book and two poetry collections; her most recent, published collection is The Wisdom of Blue Apples. Diane is one of six PG County Poets whose poetry has been highlighted throughout the DMV. She celebrated the permanent installation of one of her poems and art pieces at the Patuxent Research Refuge - North Tract.
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