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Food?

by IsolabellaFae 1 review

Another stupid assignment.She assigns so much about food I decided to take it a different direction.

Category: Poetry - Rating: G - Genres: Angst - Published: 2013-03-09 - 168 words

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Do most people eat to live, or do they live to eat?
Food. Snacks. Going out for dinner.
Usually the only time people get together.
Eating. Pigging-out. Stuffing your face.
Thoughts of food interrupt most of a person's day.
Fat. Skinny. Boney. Obese. Anorexic. Disgusting.
Describe them hoever you want.
Calories. Fat. Sugar.
Some people are consumed with consming.
Others with avoiding.
They blame their condition on it.
They use it as an excuse.
They can't help it!
My favorite food?
None.
My life does not revolve around things I like more than other things.
It is not important what someone likes.
Taste?
A second of possibly pleasurable sensations.
For what?
Possibly hours upon hours of torturing yourself.
Over what?
That one stupid little second.
Is it worth it?
One second.
For self-hate and guilt.
One second.
For hours in front of a mirror.One second.
For crying on the scale.
One second.
For giving up a goal.
One second.
It isn't THAT good.
It's never THAT good.
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