Famine.
A man in Ethiopia
picks up a piece of thrown bread
eats it and lives
to till again the tortured soil
in the forlorn hope
of a bland subsistence
A man in Scotland
who could pick up his phone
and have a van load
of delicacies
delivered to his door
Picks up a rope
and hangs himself
It isn't easy to understand
why a man in great need
clings to life
and a man with no apparent need
takes his life
It is said
"A man cannot live on bread alone"
and it would be reasonable to suppose
he considered the supermarket to have nothing
to comfort the torment
of his hungry soul.
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