Lawrence S. Pertillar (February/'47 / Connecticut, USA)
Poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar : 16476 / 16475
If They Knew
Ask anyone who is hungry.
And thirsting from it until it hurts.
Whether or not they have concerns,
If the food delivered to provide them nourishment...
Had been grown in Muslim or Christian dirt.
Or which part of the Earth,
Did it rain upon first...
To supply them with water to drink!
Ask anyone who is hungry.
And many in this position,
What it is they think...
About those who decide...
To incite into their divisions.
Ask them if they would rather not...
Feed to eat or sip to drink,
If they knew what to them had not been known.
Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted: Sunday, October 28, 2012
Edited: Monday, October 29, 2012
Poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar : 16476 / 16475
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