Consume or be Consumed

 

 

And right when you think you’ve had enough…

Take a big breath! There’s still room!

Swallow the Insults; Feast on them!

You might as well enjoy them too!

The more of them you eat

the less of them stare back at you from your plate.

You can't have Respect though.

No!

You can only lick the icing a little bit...

With class and finesse take little sips of that Covert Taunt;

come on, show your manners!

Look down on them from over your porcelain cup;

your little finger daintily aloft.

Nibble on the Guilt in secret;

go on, no one can see you!

No one will know!

And after you're done

hide the wrapping paper under your sheets.

Suck the Failure dry!

Make it scarce

and maybe it will have never been.

Bite your way out of Conflict

It's futile; has been so for ages

and you're so sleepy.

chew on the thorny weed of that Self-Doubt

that grows under your pillow

until it leaves nothing but bitterness on your bloody tongue.

Savor it! You helped plant it after all!

Gobble Rejection and Neglect in one fair gulp!

Chug, chug, chug!

Bite your way inside!

Off with the hinges of closed doors

and Chances Denied.

And don’t forget those Old Habits!

Nasty things; Gnash your fangs,

devour them!

And Western Medicine

and Solutions

and Corrections!

Pop, pop, pop!

Fistfuls of them!

How much sicker can you get after all?

And when the Numbers start growing bigger on you,

eat them.

Oh, those Numbers!

Ruthlessly gnaw on the Numbers;

Feed on the Odds,

lest they obliterate you.

It's you or Them.

And then,

Consume everything around,

Eat everything that consumes you,

Consume everything that eats you,

Everything that belittles you,

Eat it.

Eat until you’re the only big thing left standing.