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Hunger

Hunger   It started with a pit, No bigger than a pea, Rooted deep within my stomach, A seedling from the dying tree. Dried to its core, It was suppressed by good fare, All motives for my demise, Were gone, stripped bare. But as the days grew wiser, My diet unarmed, unleashed, Satisfaction grew stark, The pit’s malice was released. From a glower on my face, To a grumble in my stomach, I sensed a sinister force at work, Head rocking to and fro like a hammock. My recliner descended The soft touch of my couch, The angel and devil both spinning, To stay idle, or stuff the kangaroo’s pouch? I was in comfort’s claws, Sleep was dawning in, But as the pit folded its hands round another, Its burgeoning was only just to begin. A potato chip crunched, Under the pressure of its steps, A growl with the tenacity of a thousand bears, My stomach was crumbling from these constant reps. I forced a belch, To no avail, As the time drew longer, My skin wrinkled pale. Now as the pressure, Drew closer to ...