Dieting Poem by David Whalen

Sweet addictions
Twinkies and mints
Sweet affections
Snickers and quince

Mainline injections
Demanding habits
Sweet confections
Chocolate rabbits

Mind all drugged
Cotton candy
Sweet, sweet opiate
Scattered brains

Saccharine high
Feelin’ dandy
Hallucinations
Of sugar trains

Hope, all gone
Life turned sour
Fallen prey
To predilection

Hollow…sunken eyes
Visage…wan and dour
Sugary shadows…
…Sweet addiction…