You cannot eat gold when hungry,
Nor drink strung pearls when thirsty.
From “The Clay“, a poem by the Lebanese American poet Elia Abu Madi reminding the self-glorifying rich that they actually share more than what they think with the layman.
Little did he know!
Even a poet’s imagination falls short of appreciating how outrageously decadent humans can be.
From $1000 bagels to $25000 Frozen Haute Chocolate Sundaes, infusing 23-karate and 24-karate edible gold leaves into food is giving a whole different meaning to rich taste.
What is next? Drinking strung pearls when they’re thirsty?
In a recent article in Huffington Post, Christopher Cocca suggested that “[The] Church could end poverty, scarcity, sickness and famine without a dime from the rest of the world.”
Yeah dream on! I mean how are then Christian nations going to pay for their $25000 Frozen Haute Chocolate Sundae?
As far as our poet is concerned, may be Abu Madi can take solace in this: In Manhattan, a gold serving restaurant got a dose of poetic justice when the health department had to close the store as the mice somehow developed an expensive taste for the shiny metal leaves.
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