All I Can Eat

Cherry

By forest_for_ever

Sun, 29 Dec 2024
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All I Can Eat

 

Moderation in all things

Surely not?

Once the feast begins

I’ll gorge the bloody lot

 

From raging famine to sumptuous feast

With eyes bigger than my belly

Each morsel fails to linger

Calories mount as I watch the telly

 

I’ve never bitten off more than I could chew

Though mastication takes a little longer

Each plate piled with something new

I soldier on long forgetting hunger

 

From cautious A la Carte

To all I can devour

Chinese cuisine

Each and every waking hour

Certificate PG
Poem
In the Late Summer of Life
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

A very nice IP response - well done Forest. You've managed to make it sound effortless, though I'm sure it wasn't!

 

Submitted by forest_for_ever on

Thank you.  It was easy picking out three food related proverbs for me and my passion for food and in particular Chinese...

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I hope you were able to curb your appetite a little to still enjoy!

A son once said to me quite distressed that he didn't seem to like chocolate any more! I think I pointed out that as he was now old enough to choose when/how much of his Christmas chocolate to eat, he had found what happens if you keep going too long at one time! He did recover his liking, and hopefully was more restrained in eating the rest! Rhiannon