Stars Of Hunger Documentaries Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Even emerging from the darkest of shadows,
Voices making demands are heard.
The accumulation of nonsense,
Has given those usually unseen...
Encouragement to speak.
With a highlighting of their unknown needs.

Those who would normally ignore,
Their neighbors next door...
Come to make unexpected visits.
To sit and chat to barter in exchange,
Complaints about how their lives have changed.

And those who have remained,
In the open and destitute...
Seem to be given less empathy,
As their numbers increase.
Knowing the moans heard...
Come from those who are newly arriving,
Upon the scene.
Making their decades of living in poverty,
Less of a concern.

And many of them had become stars,
Of hunger documentaries.
At least getting an opportunity to eat,
While being filmed.
Who would have ever thought that their plight,
Would become less lucrative as an image.