This is a shadorma for Eliot of Along the Interstice’s November Shadorma Challenge, using Secret Keeper’s Writing Prompt words:
Star/Deal/Peace/Food/Word
Different Definitions of Great
Morning star
sings a song of peace,
the words drift
unheard as
swamp-dwellers make greedy deals,
children go hungry
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 