fruit loops and pop tarts

what was

morning if not a bowl of

sweetened

oats,

cereal laced in food dyes.

chock full

of sugar.

buttered toast

and a tall glass of strawberry

milk.

maybe a pop tart

for the road.

nothing

has changed, you think,

as you look

around

at the obesity

on the playground.

children the size of grown

men

and children, cheeks full,

and

perfectly round.