Poem by Milton Carp

HUNGER IS A SYMPTOM

WAR AND A RAVAGED LAND,
CORRUPT AND INEPT GOVERNMENT,
DROUGHT AND PESTILENCE,
BOTTOM LINE ENTERPRISES STRIP
THE LAND OF OLD GROWTH FOREST,
AND MINERALS ARE THE GENESIS
OF HUNGER.

THE BENEFACTORS OF HUNGER
ARE THE PEOPLE, THE POOR AND
DOWNTRODDEN. THOSE MOST
UNABLE TO FIGHT BACK, THE HELPLESS.
THE MOST HELPLESS ARE THE CHILDREN
WHO BEAR THE BRUNT OF HUNGER.

SO AS ALL CAN SEE, HUNGER IS BUT A
SYMPTOM OF MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN,
OF GREED AND POWER WHICH FEEDS THE
PLAGUE OF HUNGER ON THE MASSES.

IT IS A HUMANE ACT TO DOLE OUT MEALS
TO THOSE IN NEED, BUT WHAT ABOUT
TOMORROW? THE CANCER IS SYSTEMIC.
THE CURE IS NOT AN EASY ONE. IT WILL
TAKE TIME AND MUCH EFFORT. WHAT IS
EASY IS TO START, TODAY WOULD BE GOOD.

Milton Carp from Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a 91 year old who has been writing poetry for a little over a year.  He lost his wife of 68 years in 2019, and is reinventing himself through the perfect vehicle of poetry. 

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