Sustenance

pHunger/p pdrove me to/p pseek sustenance/p pat Safeway.nbsp; Desperately I searched/p pfor food without fillers not born in a lab/p pfor food without pesticide tainting its skin/p pfor food without chemical colors mixed in/p pfor food not injected, infected or foul/p pfor food not obtained through abuse of the wild/p pWhen suddenly from deep inside my soul/p pa deafening tone rose and took control/p pmy body shook as i scremaed and yelled/p pthat the food in the store was not fit to sell/p pand fuck the food industries intent/p pto kill/p pan entire nation/p pto stack dollar bills/p pThen security escorted me/p pout the door/p pas i continued to shout/p pI can#39;td take it no more!/p pStill fuming as i stormed down the street/p pmy grumbling belly/p pwon#39;t accept defeat/p pi hold accountable the corporate mind/p pthat entwines with political designs/p pi won#39;t accept their rancid fare/p pemitting the stench of the death it bares/p pI won#39;t subvert the gift of life/p pevent if it means eternal strife/p pI stubbornly claim my right/p pto resist/p pto insist/p pthat they purify/p pthe food supply and/p pAnd even if I starve to death/p pmy soul will never come to rest/p puntil the life returns to food/p pand humanity once again ruleems/em/p pnbsp;/p pemAniah Hill is a poet with City College of San Francisco#39;s Poetry for the People/em/p pnbsp;/p pnbsp;/p p(c) 2018/p