Scarcity
Priced out of produce
I turn to frozen, canned
Boxes & bags
searching for less
Salt, long blocks
of chemical lists
Nothing but bloat
these bright red flags
Selling life short
to those without
- © Mark Danowsky 2023
Mark Danowsky is Editor-in-Chief of ONE ART: a journal of poetry. He is author of several short poetry collections including, most recently, Meatless (Plan B Press). His poems and other writing have been curated in many journals including Alba, The New Verse News, anti-heroin chic, Right Hand Pointing, The Broadkill Review, Gargoyle, Otoliths, and elsewhere.
Wonderful poem and so relevant.
ReplyDeleteIt speaks to me, the times we live in!
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