"Early in the morning, as they do every day,
the young men are contesting with the dogs
over rights to the garbage can.

They mix and remix,
they take out what is edible from the garbage.

And they share this rotten refuse with the dogs.

In a dog-eat-dog world,
where there is no pity,
this is how God is left to answer
the prayer of the hungry ones:
give us today our daily bread!

Today — no, all week —
the bread on our table has not been the same.
It was bitter bread,
full of the curses of the poor
who had been begging God for it.

It regained its taste and goodness
only when it was shared with those starving creatures
the boys and the dogs."