Monday, February 20, 2023

stretch pants

is there any wonder
why the world
has grown
fat?
why we've accepted
stretch
pants and tent tops
as our
daily dress.
what temptations
aren't out
there
on every block?
cake
and ice cream.
bread
and sugar.
pizza and orange
marmalade.
are you hungry again,
let's stop.
let's fill up again
and again.
it's a whole other block
before a light
beckons us in.
these pants will stretch,
hand me
another pretzel,
another soda,
another wand of cotton
candy,
another pork chop.

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