Nancy's Poetry Review Forum

"Eating Contest at the Local Mall"

Your inability to remember
the Children who Cry;
the women who break their bodies to continue the LIFE
that brings pain
and
and we

In Our Malls

Surrounded by Plastic and Packaging
Glittering Glass (cleaned at the minimum price per hour of American Life)

In Our Malls

We Challenge each other to EAT
Cheering encourages the madness
Gift card prizes and momentary recognition
enables the mind to destroy inhibition

Open your mouth
Close your eyes

They eat until they are sick
While the child starves until
She is BLIND
and the animals give
to the Humans who take
and break
their waist bands,
Sacrificed to Gluttony
Cramming Nutrients to Deprive
the Eyes of Decency

Human morality breached
Celebrated Sloth
Mall Punks and the impoverished youth Look
at the Kid who is feeding his Ego
with the Calories of Carnivores
His mother glances at him, so proud of her boy

How do you sleep at night
When Bloated Bellied Babies
Scream
So Loud
You should hear
All the way over here
in the land of the FREE
where Food is Free
and Freedom is controlled
While portion sizes are out of Control