Gluttony Poem by Justin Reamer

Gluttony



Oh, it looks so yummy!
For it looks so yummy in my tummy!

You have probably heard these words,
For you know what that feeling is,
For it is called hunger.
I am hunger to the extreme;
I am one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

I make you hungry,
And yet not only hungry,
But famished to insanity.

Hunger is such
A short word for what I do
To you,
For in fact,
It is an understatement
Of what I do to you.

I make you so greedy
When you eat at the dinnertable
That you eat everything in plain sight.
You eat more than you can take,
Just like some of the Israelites did
When they wandered for forty years in the desert
In the Book of Numbers.

I am the reason why
You have a sweet tooth,
Eating dessert after dessert,
Eating chocolate bars,
And chocolate-chip cookies,
And Reese's peanut butter cups by the dozens,
And 100 tons of peanut butter cookie dough,
And 300 lbs. of sugar cookies,
And 70 lbs. of cake,
And Milky Way candy bars,
Along with the 3 Musketeers,
Along with Twix and Snickers and Baby Ruth,
And Payday, as well,
And Starburst,
And Airheads,
And pies after pies,
And long johns,
And pastries,
And danishes, too.
I make you eat cinammon rolls,
And Swiss rolls,
As well,
And ecclaires,
And whatever dessert there is.

I am the reason you gain weight,
For you eat starches,
And candies,
And oily foods,
And pop-tarts for breakfast,
And pop and soda,
All at the same time.

I am amused at how
You are able to gain so much weight.
I am also amused with your high cholesterol,
Which will eventually lead to arteriosclerosis,
And I will be amused to see you get a heart attack, as well.

I am one of your instincts,
So do not fall for me,
Or you will be cursed
For the rest of eternity.

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Justin Reamer

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Holland, Michigan
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