Breathe
Take a deep breath.
Let it out.
In that time,
A child in this world
Died from hunger.
Breathe deep.
Exhale slowly.
In that time,
Americans threw out
Five tons of food.
Like a colossal Grand Canyon,
The gap between
Rich and poor
Takes my breath away.
Pops 2015
33 million tons of food are thrown away by Americans every year:
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/21/161551772/the-ugly-truth-about-food-waste-in-america
Nearly 16,000 children die every day from hunger related causes:
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~edluong/olpc/history/developing_contries.htm
Posted by: Pops | 04/17/2015 at 02:49 PM