{"id":437,"date":"2018-09-29T17:04:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.convivialthinking.org\/?p=437"},"modified":"2018-11-26T08:44:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T07:44:22","slug":"as-the-world-churns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/convivialthinking.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/29\/as-the-world-churns\/","title":{"rendered":"As the World Churns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the WORLD<br \/>\nchurns<br \/>\nso must our stomachs<br \/>\nfor<br \/>\nWE are LOST<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nin<br \/>\n(deep) space<br \/>\nthis no place<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nhide\u2014 PROGRESS<br \/>\nis failing<br \/>\nas<br \/>\nthe world churns<br \/>\nthe chaff w\/o<br \/>\nenough<br \/>\nwheat<br \/>\nfor all of us<br \/>\nto eat<br \/>\nand yet<br \/>\nthere\u2019s meat<br \/>\nto greet, at the feet<br \/>\nof, pot-bellied profiteers<br \/>\n(Oh, what a feast!)<br \/>\nas the world<br \/>\nchurns<br \/>\nto yet another<br \/>\ngobbling<br \/>\nsomebody\u2019s<br \/>\nbeat.<\/p>\n<p>EAAdare<br \/>\nAccra<\/p>\n<p><em>This piece first appeared on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abgodfreed.com\/\">https:\/\/www.abgodfreed.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Epifania Amoo Adare is a writer with all her heart and soul. 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