COMMODITIES
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Des Dillon (U.K.)
Those that deal in water shall
be stood
in the centre of the Kalahari
on the trail less padded on by
camels
while endless sandstorms and grinding dime size
grains tear your clothes and
skin and bone until
your dusts are blown every way
the wind goes.
Those that profit by bread
with your mouth full
of cabbage and milk shall have
your lips sewn
together and banquets laid out
on silk.
May the stitches sting and
your fat lips rip
and the blood run down your
chin. For you shall
have spoon and you shall have
fork but nothing
to put it in. The table of the world
has bread divided, water
provided.
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