for the hungry

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it collects on my scalp and trickles down my cheeks

it's slides down my neck, melts on my collarbones, and eats at my shoulders

it slithers around my arm fat, and waves in between my back

it absorbs into my chest, and releases down my waist

and it wraps and wraps

it tightens, like a corset on a princess

and it cuts into my heart, like lumber when met with an axe

it brushes my hair behind my ear

and it ignores my tears

before it paints itself onto my legs, making its final stop at my toes

it grows nasty branches, and points to certain limbs on my body

it steams into my kitchen, and laughs at all the food in my cupboard

it grows and grows

and becomes louder and louder

and i am so damn hungry

but not as hungry as i am

to for once in my life

love something else besides the idea of being smaller

i'm in no control

and it grows everyday

i want to stop it

but a weird part of me

doesn't want it to go away.

- k

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