You Are What You Eat

You are what you eat my mother said as she tucked me in at night I am what I eat mother and believed it with all my might I always ate a balanced breakfast, lunch, and dinner In constant hope that I would become thinner This idea followed me throughout school And how those kids could be so cruel They would always ask me why I ate what I ate I would reply that only these foods gave me a satiated state In college I lived a life of isolation trying to hide my true motivation I watched all my peers go out and have fun and sometimes wished my life could be redone Eventually I found what I had been missing Which I still find myself reminiscing After my graduation I found a place Off the wall, dark, and full of space I also got an office job that offered me the night shift Which turned out to be such a wonderful gift A few others worked with me during the night and they were always so very polite One day I invited three over to my house For a fun little game of cat and mouse I remember when they first arrived It took them by such a surprise When I revealed my true motive for this little soiree That they were all my delicious prey They all tried to run and yell for help but I overpowered them, hearing a yelp From the young woman I had sliced in the gut as the others realized all doors were sealed shut One by one I killed them quickly And thanked them silently and a smile spread thickly Across my face and I thought of the balanced diet I had always embraced As I cut up and packaged all the meat I remembered the words "I am what I eat"