Each day begins a great battle
to establish a hierarchy of power
determining rank and privileges
for places at the banquet
as all combatants strive to capture
the highest position with fewest above them
while those at the summit decide
who may attend and for how long.
As the strong wage attacks
in great flurries of action
and shows of strength to
fiercely guard their position
the weak sit below patiently waiting
for an opening at the banquet
while scavenging discarded bits tossed aside
from those with no regard for wasting.
This conflict might easily be avoided
if those bestowed with the smallest measure
of consciousness could make time for a
quiet moment of reflection
that they may realize our bountiful harvest
could sustain everyone regardless of position
and the battle against nature’s instinct
stamped internal across all species
need not rage on.
Ken Owen Van Niddy Press
January 2022
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