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Never Ending Hunger: Poem Analysis
Never ending hunger
All you do is eat,
Have you ever wondered
If you had too much meat,

You should stop
You had too much,
Teeth ruined by soda pop
Cheese finger clutch,

Last week's pay
Didnt even have a good use,
Because your teeth still decay hanging from a twizzler noose,

You have type two and now you diet
You had no clue seeing food but can't buy it

You did this to yourself
After cut off by your mother no consideration of your health saying “it won't hurt to have another”

Eating planned meals and watching the food network trying to make deals with imaginary desert on your fork

You tell yourself just one bite
Indulge yourself just once even when you realise your pants are tight now all you worked for ruined in a couple months

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