Tuesday, March 3, 2009

42 Hungers. Please add yours.

Hunger
for food
for justice
Mother- hunger
hunger to be a wife
a daughter
a friend
hunger for release
hunger for God
or for there not to be one
hunger for power
money
discovery
the hunger to explore
hunger to impress a father
for a gooey chocolate chip
hunger for revenge
or at least for things to be the way they were
to be noticed
to disappear
for a strike
from fasting
for a re-do
the hunger of a baby needing to be held
hunger to get the hell out of here
to be remembered fondly
hunger for a title
hunger for a field of tall grass to run through barefoot
for Chinese- Now!
for reciprocated love
hunger for a friend's pain to be gone
the hunger of a girl on a date who doesn't like people to watch her eat
new vegetarian hunger
for someone to tell you what you want to hear
for a meaning to life
for wisdom
to be a virgin, again
for our parents to understand
and for them to get back together
post-race hunger
hunger
to be heard
taken seriously
taken care of
to be a better person
for something dead to be reborn
for attention from the ones who should care
hunger for peace

11 comments:

  1. hunger for you to submit this to publication

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  2. to be able to fix broken people and take away their hurt because you can see the potential/good/hope/promise (and all that other cliche stuff) within them.

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  3. to understand
    to go far enough,
    to look high enough,
    to stoop low enough and
    to stand still enough
    to understand.

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  4. to understand
    to mystify
    for safety
    for freedom
    for innocence

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  5. to know, to really really know

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  6. for time to stand still in a moment of peace
    for innocence
    for a taste that can't be tasted
    for feelings that can never be felt
    for truth
    for untainted joy

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