Food Addiction Poems

Need

I used to live in a world of need
A dreadful scary place indeed
Needing something God won't give
Yet needing a wicked miracle to live
No food was...

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I can’t believe it’s really me
Waist to head, I’m a Christmas tree
From this fat, I’ll never be free
A healthy life I’ll never see

I gained a...

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(All). We are the voice of the children, here to educate and lament about all the pain, joy, and anxiety and fear we carry as...

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Have you ever had
A bag of potato chips
A glass of smoky wine
Halfway through
Wanting for more?

Have the rest of the bag
Drink the whole bottle
There’s wisdom in...

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I was never quite a candy kid
But I jumped right into the soup
I had a list of my favorite chemicals on the wall in college,...

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Unter den Linden 


I have a soft spot for the German language
 when a toddler, I had free access to a military camp where they...

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Martial Translations

Coq au vin (Cook or wine)
by Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
Hosts always invite you to dinner, Phoebe,
but are you merely an éclair...

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The man waited for Thanksgiving Day,
To take part in an evening buffet
The food would be inviting
He felt his mouth watering
He stayed so impatient for Thursday

He...

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I eat like a pig, scarfing, grunting, chewing, not tasting.
I want to blame my metabolism for my corpulent gluttony.
I am planning my next meal as...

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Digging my own grave synonymous with a sense of accomplishment

Quite an undertaking
to break ground
figuratively, and symbolically linkedin
while able bodied and mindedness
readies cemetery plot within Elysian...

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October is one of those months that begin to transition and change to prepare for winter.

As our days begin to shorten, this tenth month brings...

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DIET OR DIE

Where have all the cookies gone
Long time passing
Where has all the candy gone
Some time ago
Where has all the cheesecakes gone
Fat girls have eaten...

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Three states
in five hours.
Maybe we’ll stop somewhere nice
like a KOA campground.
A kid can hope. It’s hot and it would be great to go for a...

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The adoring crowd here at Red Rocks amphitheatre awaits. Tonight, like every night, I will go out there and give them my best. They will...

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I went to a pool
it was pretty cool
but then I was tired at school
my teachers think I'm a fool
good food makes me drool
my shirt is...

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