Nichole L. Shields

( Chicago, Illinois )



from BFR, Winter 2001

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American Hunger


American hunger
would not occur
if not every
but most untruths,
malicious acts,
and un-kept promises
could be consumed

each falsetto
an appetizing morsel
fattening the nation

tipping the scale



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