HUNGRY SONG

Hunger was a stone
                        I carried it
                        in a net bag

hunger was an elephant
                        with jeweled tusks
                        with a braided headdress

hunger was a star
                        brightly painted
                        locked

hunger was my hand
                        wrapped around a stone
                        holding my breast

hunger was a bird
                        caught by a snake
                        caught by a fox
                        caught by a boy

hunger was a ship
                        broken-bellied
                        beneath the waves.