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| Cartoon by Jen Sorensen
WASHINGTON — Republicans muscled a pared-back agriculture bill through the House on Thursday, stripping out the food stamp program to satisfy recalcitrant conservatives but losing what little Democratic support the bill had when it failed last month. It was the first time food stamps had not been a part of the farm bill since 1973. --NY Times, July 11, 2013
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The only thing
I can withhold
is my body.
If there’s nothing
to take home,
no living wage,
no mortgage
no health care
no schooling,
the fat cats
will need to eat
their own gold.
Work for sawdust
is a transaction
I refuse.
As the sun
goes down
alone
I can live
and breathe
my blood
so long
as it lasts.
David Radavich’s recent collections include America Bound: An Epic for Our Time (2007), Canonicals: Love’s Hours (2009), and Middle-East Mezze (2011). His plays have been performed across the U.S., including six Off-Off-Broadway, and in Europe. His new collection, The Countries We Live In, will come out later this year.
