enjoy this writing from Christine Stoddard
in the free 6" x 9" 2017 PDF file chapbook: The Eating Game
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
Ascetic
Christine Stoddard
Lettuce.
No mayo.
Half a tomato.
Sans fromage,
as mother said.
The chicken must be boiled.
All skin removed.
All fat banished.
Off the bone.
There is no bread.
Never any bread,
just as there is
no satisfaction.
Dine on distractions.
Dine on dreams.
Dine on tiny plates
and never from bowls.
Do not pray for satiation
because it will never come.
You will never come
because you will always
wonder how many calories
there are in an orgasm.
