This reminded me a lot of the Holocaust. Not exactly sure if that is what you were aiming for but that's the idea I got in my head. The story of the poem was great and I liked how it went from good to progressively worse of a situation. There were many parts of the poem that you put a lot of imagery into, the surrounding, people, and the meal. Many emotions are brought to the surface in this poem and that was creative as to grab the readers attention while reading.

Trying to find a favorite stanza proved more difficult then I imagined. In the end as you can see I wasn't able to. The poem flowed so well that it was more of one stanza with a bunch of little parts. Though that's not true, the poem was incredible in its depictions on everything and also the hopelessness that this people were living in. Brings many, many emotions out.

I have to say that I found this poem both sad and also great as you have embarked on a journey of what it would have been like for those people back in that day. Anyway, I found this a great read and I can't wait for more. great job and keep writing.