the hunger of the ground
The Hunger of the Ground
I see the ground is the symbol for the poor people; the poor people is gonna open up this whole world and swallow up the rich people, ’cause the rich people gonna be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, you know what I’m saying, wealthy, appetizing. The poor gonna be so poor and hungry, you know what I’m saying? It’s gonna be like — there might be some cannibalism out this mother. They might eat the rich.
—Tupac Shakur
A rumble rocks the Earth. The ground hungers. The deer prance upon the ground, eating its grass and destroying its growth.
A quake shakes the globe. The ground aches for food. The deer become fat, yet still eat and take what the ground grows.
A crack splits in the soil. The ground feeds. The deer fall into the ravine, satiating the ground.
The ground grows a luscious forest. A peace passes within the breeze; through the trees