Fed up
with poverty,

too hungry
to fight.

Question
of the day

is how to
get full,

how to 
mix it up,

how to raise
a fist 

when you are
too feeble

to make one
yourself? 

You get someone
to give you a bite

of something,
anything really, 

and then 
take your hand,

fold the fingers in,
close the thumb over,

and with great care
help you

put it in the air.
They stand behind you

and hold you up
even as your knees shake

and you think
you cannot go on.

To move from fed up
to fed, you must first see

that you
cannot do it alone.