Belly Staring at your lips so red In black and white from 1947 A little before dawn -- the Liberation, day of bright hope Some children now have never seen They live the same as their fathers Families are separated the same And hunger is ugly to just hear About it, whether you blame it On the big noses or bad eggs And so long as they love their face Like that their belly will be A stone Next |
The East Village Poetry Web Simon Schuchat |