fat americans...

we are the country of mass consumption...

fat americans...huddled by the trough
of an old country buffet
super-sizing starch
double cheesed, double meat,
we're the fat americans
the rest of the world starves
as we dump more than we can chew
gathered at the pool
fat in our bathing suits

fat in our money
starving children
playing in our backyard
we're the fat americans
wearing our sweat suits
and sweating standing still
gas guzzling S.U.V.'s
while the third world rides their bikes
we're the fat americans
six figured incomes
full figured dress
make it go away
with a knife and chemicals
consuming land, food, resources,
we're the fat americans
fat pancake feet
fat rubbery jowls
cottage cheese legs
wobbly underarm sag
we're the fat americans
and we're going to eat you

Author's Note

this was written on a napkin at the Old Country Buffet, watching people who were extremely overweight come back from the trough with two plates overfilled and thought about how we are with everything...not just food

Reviews

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LMAO...you forgot chub rub!!!...although this has a serious element to it...it is obsence the amount we (and I include UK) consume and waste while nations starve..it really is unbelievable that a society that claims to be the most advanced civilisation to date can have such extremes ...the mind boggles..

[Wolf]

this a touchy subject for most people but well written

[Kerry O'Connor]

This is a structurally strong poem, Bradley. I would have liked to see the divisions between the repetitious phrases, which might emphasize the on-going nature of the gluttony you have described so well.

[Crinkle°]

you know it's sad but it's often because of their weight that I recognize american people in Paris, before they open their (big) mouth.....

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

food is but a small part of the overall gluttony of this nation~
the nation that devours its own land is the nation of epic human fail~

[No use.]

i almost threw up bradley, thanks a lot! lol
the horrid images you put in my head and im not even outside!!

haha "we're going to eat you" (and your little dog too)

[JelliFyshKissUs]

You know I have a thyroid problem, Brad. But i still love the gluttony you've captured in the proud american--from his sandwhich to his salami below.Everything is an insatiable hunger with us. I blame the media... and Oprah.

[Ed Hart]

of all the consequences of the human condition, food addiction is the easiest to see, and judge