Appetite, I am tired of you.
\nTruly, I am.
\nYou wax and wane like the moon,
\ngurgle like a rushing brook
\nover too many rocks.
\nCan you please be still?
\nPlease?
\nThink of what I need,
\nnot what you want.<\/p>\n
Another cookie\u2026
\nsix pieces of bacon\u2026
\nand crackers?<\/p>\n
Really?<\/p>\n
Yes.
\nAnd the rest of
\nthose stewed tomatoes.<\/p>\n
I see\u2026
\nLet\u2019s sit down together
\nto make some collective decisions
\non what you say to me,
\nand how you say it.<\/p>\n
Yes, I do have time
\nto make a salad
\nor cook some carrots
\ninstead of grabbing cheese
\nand half a sleeve of saltines.<\/p>\n
Yes, I do have time to clean up,
\nand I hear you saying it
\nright this very moment!
\nI\u2019m not listening!<\/p>\n
When we eat as much as
\nYOU want to eat,
\nwe get sleepy.<\/p>\n
You shush that still voice
\nsaying we\u2019ve had enough
\nwith all that fear mongering!<\/p>\n
\u201cWaste not, want not.\u201d
\n\u201cdon\u2019t let it go to waste\u201d.
\nBlah, blah, blah.<\/p>\n
Well, guess what\u2026
\nit\u2019s going to waist.
\nMY waist!<\/p>\n
I love my body,
\nand I am beginning to wonder
\nif you love it, too.<\/p>\n
Are you even a part of my body?
\nOr have you somehow
\nseparated yourself from us?<\/p>\n
Ok, look,
\ndecades ago I wanted us to get fat
\nso that the stupid asshole
\nstalking us
\nwould lose interest.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s gone now.
\nHe\u2019s old for sure!
\nProbably can\u2019t even
\nget it up anymore.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s bound to know by now that I won\u2019t marry him.<\/p>\n
I think the danger has passed.
\nWe can be healthy again.
\nWhat do you think?<\/p>\n
Ah, yes, the bacon\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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