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Poem asks whether plunder and suffering can endure

Original: One man robbing another of food, Can this custom last? One man watching another suffer, Can such life survive? Survive b

A poem circulated among readers asks pointed rhetorical questions about inequality: whether a custom of one man robbing another of food can last, and whether a life of watching others suffer can survive. The verses contrast this injustice with a land of lovely gardens, spacious fields and abundant fruits, tubers and grains, arguing plenty exists even amid want.

Why now: The poem's stark framing of hunger and exploitation amid abundance strikes a chord with readers debating inequality.

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• One man robbing another of food, Can this custom last? One man watching another suffer, Can such life survive? Survive before our eyes, Survive here in our midst? Lovely gardens, spacious fields, Innumerable enrich this land, Fruits and tubers, and grains in plenty,… · appassionato · 7

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