This article originally appeared in the Fall 1971 issue of Sojourners. Read the full article in the archives.
I was hungry and
you blamed it on the communists
I was hungry and you
circled the moon
I was hungry and you
told me to wait
I was hungry and you
set up a commission
I was hungry and you said
“So were my ancestors”
I was hungry and you said
we don’t hire over 35
I was hungry and you said
God helps those ...
I was hungry and you told me
I shouldn’t be
I was hungry and you told me
machines do that work now
I was hungry and you
had napalm bills to pay
I was hungry and you said
the poor are always with us.
Lord,
when did we see you hungry?
-Matthew 25:37
This poem was published anonymously in the first issue of The Post-American, forerunner to Sojourners.
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