A Bold and Daring Feat Making Full Use of and Deriving Benefit from a Resource

Let’s say you have a craving for sugar,
And you eat lots of cheap, sugary foods—
Are you exploited or the exploiter?

Somewhere, someone is cutting cane sugar,
Somewhere factories refine corn syrup,
And there you stand at the vending machine,

Or wait in line at the convenience store,
Or toss a budget-sized package of snacks
Into a cart in a giant box store,

Wondering what are you doing this for,
And also, how would you do something else?
In your mind’s eye, you picture the wealthy

Eating only healthy, locavore food,
And you picture field laborers dying,
As you drive to your clinic appointment.