The Potato Eaters by Lynn White

The harvest looks good today

un-blighted

so we know that we shall eat 

this winter

and there should be enough

to pay the landlord

and put a roof over our heads

this winter.

So we will kneel and say a prayer

that he will not ask too much.

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Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a Rhysling Award.Find Lynn at: https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/