The semi-circle of camping chairs
focuses on the cooking food
(more tuna and stir-fry cabbages)
but also keeps attention glued
on the group itself and avoids the stares
of the gathering local savages.
Like a circle of covered wagons from
the wild west of the USA,
the defensive wall keeps the enemy out
and allows us not to give away
food we don't want or lose aplomb
if someone challenges with a shout.
Our culture encourages selfishness
and makes us inhospitable.
Perhaps if we faced outwards instead
we'd find the poor more pitiable
and see our spoiled self-indulgence less
important than them being better fed.
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