Rations to me mean
deprivation, poverty, wartime
stringent parsing of food and commodities
to spread a little to the many,
barely nourishing those that cry in need.
In our society of
abundance and convenience
rations seem to belong
somewhere else
to someone else.
The need to ration meets
low supply and great demand,
but why wait for need to arise
to begin judicious use and care
of our world’s precious resources,
our foods, our commodities.
“…shiny trinkets and frivolous spending
make people forget what world they’re living in.”
~ Beth Lewis, The Wolf Road
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