Hungry Stomach Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Hungry stomach
(translated from the Dutch original poem)

freshly made sandwiches are the tastiest
I think it tastes best with mature cheese
you can only say this
when you have enough to eat

how many people on this earth
go to bed with a hungry stomach?
if you have this stomach, you hope for food
where should the food come from?

you can dream about it every night
the food keeps not coming
what does that mean:
go to bed on an empty stomach?
not for once
not twice
but every day time and again!

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Spring 2024