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Hunger Song
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Hunger Song

a poem and a brief look at the architecture of the poem
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My sisters and I, circa 1973



Once upon a time
on our reservation,
the only food
in the house

was a half-empty
box of sugar cubes.
My sisters and I
rationed them

for most of a day.
They did nothing 
to quell
our hunger, but we learned

there’s sweetness 
inside every little hell.


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