Hungry

The children are hungry
all of the children, all of the time,
and the world turns eyes away. 

“Highly food insecure,” the UN says,
“and at risk of famine.”
The children are hungry. 

In Gaza, bombs keep falling;
In Gaza, people keep dying, 
among them children, all of the time. 

Food is a weapon, 
starvation a tactic of war. 
The children are hungry. 

The world watches in horror, the UN reports:
“Every single person in Gaza is hungry.”
The children are hungry,
all of the children, all of the time. 



Jonathan Guyer. “US insists it’s trying to get aid into Gaza as UN warns millions ‘at risk of famine.’” (The Guardian, 1/19/24)