until their neighbors
were handed the fish
and soft round loaves
lips flecked white
with tender flesh
teeth tearing bread
and his followers
burdened by baskets
heavy with freshness
spilling bounty
on the ground
nearly trampled underfoot
the truth
there’d always
be enough
They Didn't Know How Hungry They Were by Michael Lyle | Poetry Reed Diffuser
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Michael Lyle is the author of the poetry chapbook, The Everywhere of Light and his poems have appeared widely, including Atlanta Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Crannóg, Mudfish, Plainsongs and Poetry East. He lives in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains after careers as a TV Producer/Director, an English teacher and an ordained minister.
