Cargill

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Somewhere off in India
a hungry child succumbs
to a life, or living death,
of fighting dogs for crumbs.
In Cargill's ritzy offices
a dividend is born
from bursting fields around the globe
of wheat and soy and corn.
In subSahara Africa
a family scratches ground
devoid of every nutriet,
too weak to make a sound.
If you have the money Cargill
phosphates will deliver,
enough so you can fertilize
then dump some in the river.
Rain forests are vanishing
down to the last lush leaf,
making way for pigs and goats
and lots of marbled beef.
So Cargill fattens livestock
and will bring it to our door,
as we read of famine
in some place they call Darfur.
Abundance and bleak scarcity
existing side by side --
And Cargill sends a splendid card
to wish us good Yuletide.

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