If and Only If: A Journal of Body Image and Eating Disorders Winter 2015 | Page 113

Tony Peyser

If Fattening Foods Could Talk

You happily reach for candy at a 7-Eleven:

That Snickers sure looks great

Until it suddenly snickers & says, “Wow!

“You really have put on weight.”

You’re given a McDonald’s milkshake to have

With your fast food dinner.

It sighs. “Seriously? I hope I’m not for you but

Someone else who’s thinner.”

At the supermarket, you put two cakes in your cart.

Then they tell you, “Buy one.

In fact, put us both back. Have you heard of apples?

Knock yourself out. Try one.”

These insults will help trim anyone’s waistline

Since they will only inspire far less eating ---

Places like Jenny Craig will no longer be needed

But Jenny Craig herself may start stress eating.