Hunger


about    100 words
2003 01 12

The worst feeling in the world is hunger. I've been hungry, spent weeks eating little more than rice and frozen vegetables. It hurts, in a profound way, when I see others hungry, especially when there's nothing I can offer but moral support. Being hungry is embarrassing. How, in this world that has so much for many, can we let people starve? I'm not talking only of those in countries we traditionally see as having little, I'm talking about rich, fat nations who are traditionally seen as having plenty. There is nothing to do but feed one person at a time.


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