I've heard it's about control
sounds simple
I'd control myself in shops
sustained by other people's greed
temptation
hunger
that croissant's half fat that
caesar-salad dressing oily depths
of calories
this pineapple is my five a day
my first my last
vulture-gripped and smuggled home
brown paper bagged
at my desk I'd lose control
cutting in ahead of schedule
tearing an espresso spoon
through fibrous sinew gorges
hunched
hacking into flesh
until I'd hollowed out
scraped off every scrap
and filled myself with bile
I ice-skated for hours that day
blisters on my fingers from the spoon
round and round
Sep 22, 2011
Sep 22, 2011 at 12:48 PM UTC
I've heard it's about control
sounds simple
I'd control myself in shops
sustained by other people's greed
temptation
hunger
that croissant's half fat that
caesar-salad dressing oily depths
of calories
this pineapple is my five a day
my first my last
vulture-gripped and smuggled home
brown paper bagged
at my desk I'd lose control
cutting in ahead of schedule
tearing an espresso spoon
through fibrous sinew gorges
hunched
hacking into flesh
until I'd hollowed out
scraped off every scrap
and filled myself with bile
I ice-skated for hours that day
blisters on my fingers from the spoon
round and round
