What’s On The Table
While a table of food can draw us together,
As we celebrate the seasons of life,
The food on that table makes a statement
About who’s about to enjoy its contents.
Same table, same occasion
Different people, with different income,
Different people, from different countries,
And the food on the table looks very different.
Food that draws us as a community
Now divides us
What’s on the table now . . .
Labels us . . . .
The have's or the have's not,
The urban or the rural,
The developed or the developing,
The thriving or the surviving.
Food! With the power to unite,
Divides and destroys
Humanity with the grip of greed,
Taking whatever it can.
Nothing shows the divide between people,
More than the food they put on the table,
A snap photo of a dinner table
Paints the perfect picture of those about to eat it!
What’s on the table at your place tonight?
And what will it tell me about you?
Debbie Chilton Copyright (#BAD 11) 2011
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