Hunger

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He stares you unblinking in the eye;
A snarling beast
Threatening to unleash his legions,
To lay desolate
Your empty fleshy silos.

You offer tributes
Of roof filtered litres,
Yet his fury survives;
His compassion slain.

An unjust bargain;
The die is cast.
Once generous purses
Now curled into tight fists
He knows,
Yet hears no mercy

A merciless tyrant;
He rules with an iron hand,
And drives men to madness
Possesses their being,
And ushers them unto their deaths

Oh hunger!
The bane of all men.
Have mercy!
On these little innocents,
And take us prisoners instead