Three open
beaks, oddly
pink, bony.
Their silent
hunger pre-
historic.
Some of us
learn it is
safer to
hunger in
silence. And
some of us
learn that with
so many
mouths and so
many hearts
to feed, it
feels safer
not to list-
en.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged hunger, poem, poetry, survival, syllabics on July 16, 2015| 3 Comments »
Three open
beaks, oddly
pink, bony.
Their silent
hunger pre-
historic.
Some of us
learn it is
safer to
hunger in
silence. And
some of us
learn that with
so many
mouths and so
many hearts
to feed, it
feels safer
not to list-
en.