the new food pyramid

we obey

the new food pyramid and eat

the last

bowl of Lucky Charms

with a sliced

banana

in the bowl of milk.

we sprinkle one last spoon

of sugar on the mix.

later we will pour

out

the coke cans,

the Mountain Dew,

the Apple Juice,

toss the bags of potato chips

into the trash,

family size,

and toss

the cookies into the yard

for the birds

that fly by.

it's meat and vegetables

from here on out. whole foods.

protein.

nothing fried in oil,

no more bread five times

a day.

no more late night

visits to the kitchen for a slice

of blueberry pie.

the drive thru

burger joints have seen

then last

of us,

morning noon or night.

hopefully this will all work out,

and we'll be able to look

down

and see our shoes again

sometime.