Bred Crumb

Crumbs are everywhere-
Crumbs are on tablecloths.
Crumbs are on chopping blocks
Big crumbs on  a stove.
Small ones caught in the hair
beneath a nose.

There are crumbs on floors,
underneath of chairs
and edges of plates
crumbs suspended in air
by a tempest of fates

Some are in a sweater
and some are in a lap
crumbs appearing everywhere
and some that we unwrap.

There are crumbs for mice
and crumbs for birds
even a crumb for the lowly worm
crumbs for sweeping, crumbs for baking and keeping
even crumbs from eating before sleeping

There is a gluttony for crumbs
tasting a million
to make just one
minute of hunger abate, and poof!
the crumb is gone
and the hunger remains.