Poems for Workers (Gomez 1925)/God to Hungry Child
God to Hungry Child
By Langston Hughes.
Hungry child,
I didn't make this world for you.
You didn't buy any stock in my railroad.
You didn't invest in my corporation.
Where are your shares in Standard Oil?
I made the world for the rich
And the will-be-rich
And the have-always-been-rich.
Not for you,
Hungry child.