Poem by Chloe Gibeon

Hunger

Its green eyes glint
as it tears bellies with sharp claws.

Some people  fall
its teeth
sunk
deep 
into 
flesh.

Some people
beg
for 
just
a 
drop. 

Some people gorge
but
they keep it for themselves.

​They don't know
hunger's green eyes
the pain of the claws.

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BIO: Chloe is a seventh grader at Booker T. Washington Middle School.