We Know What To Do

Poem fragment found in a drawer

Elisabeth Khan
Nov 4 · 1 min read
Photo by Jenna Norman on Unsplash

Intone these words like a prayer
Or sing them like a song:

We all came to this world with nothing

Little bodies, little minds
Hungry to be fed

Fed with bread, or fed a stone
Fed with love or hatred

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Elisabeth Khan

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Fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry. I cherish my fellow humans. Fascinated by animals, plant life, life in general. I’m a linguist who also loves science.

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