Poor kids find happiness when they have food - Jackie Coogan as The Kid from the 1925 Chaplin Film_sm

Dreams of Food

I was told that
when you’re asleep
your jaw is working
as if you’re chewing
the food
you’re dreaming about.
I wake up hungry.

Poor kids find happiness when they have food - Jackie Coogan as The Kid from the 1925 Chaplin Film_sm
Poor kids find happiness when they have food – Jackie Coogan as The Kid from the 1925 Chaplin Film. I grew up very poor, which may be one reason I think about food so much.


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