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Run on the food bank<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by Mick O’Sullivan<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Unwanted crumbs are swept here, Proud feathers ruffle ‘midst flap and kerfuffle. Edgily restive, unwilling to linger, Others steal their shameface into place, This cornucopia cannot last, Unwanted crumbs are swept here – Run on the food bank by Mick O’Sullivan \u00a0Unwanted crumbs are swept here, for today\u2019s bumper giveaway. Proud feathers ruffle ‘midst flap and kerfuffle.Heads turn sharp, nervously…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":574,"featured_media":13576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
for today\u2019s bumper giveaway.<\/p>\n
Heads turn sharp, nervously taut,
unblinking eyes flash then stare.
Any grub is grabbed eagerly, greedily;
constantly they struggle to live – or die.<\/p>\n
dumbly clutching their bounty and bruises,
they dance away from prying glances.<\/p>\n
desperately they jostle for better purchase;
lives depend on the depths of their demeanour.<\/p>\n
and courtesy has cut and run.
Patience is sidelined,
even the timid have elbowed in;
fast food has to find empty bellies today.<\/p>\n
again tomorrow?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"