The only time I've ever felt hunger was when I fasted for 48 hours in the 11th grade just for attention After I ate my first pop-**** I pooped so hard I got angry at God I got angry at God The boy blessed enough to be a picky eater
In 19 years of being well fed the hardest thing I've ever had to swallow is my own pride
They say if you feed a man a fish he will eat for a day Well I've never caught a fish in my life and half the time I'm too afraid to order a pizza because I think I'll mess it up
So tell me why when I go to restaurants my taste buds feel entitled to slaves Why do they whip servers into making my meat medium well
My teeth have never tasted blood My mouth doesn't know dry I've never dreamt of food because I don't know life without it But at least once a week I get mad that McDonald's doesn't deliver
I once watched a cow get slaughtered and I didn't blink an eye because I could already taste her in my mouth
In the same year my history class raised money for nine months to buy one goat to send to a village I've never heard of
The contrast is cruel
I can remember the last sound the cow made but I can't remember the sounds that made up the village's name or its people
So I hope you'll understand that when I utter the unfathomable phrase "I'm starving" all I can taste in my mouth is shame