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# Hunger
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/hunger/
- Published: 2021-08-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: young and old they sit at the slot machines oblivious to the equation that runs the place useless to warn them tell them that they're getting the shaft not for them the conventional truth that the house always wins co...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

young and old  
they sit at the slot machines  
oblivious to the equation  
that runs the place  
useless to warn them  
tell them that they're getting the shaft  
not for them  
the conventional truth  
that the house always wins  
convinced that the passage of time  
will bring about the opposite result  
they behave like rats on cocaine  
pulling that lever again and again  
with small breaks for coffee  
and steakhouse bacon  
at the buffet

it's all you can eat

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784868-Word-Bank--5- word bank prompt: behave, passage, young, opposite, bacon, warn, overall, equation, slot, conventional, shaft, truth