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I'll Just Have a Salad (Free verse) by jessicazee
You can tell me that Iâm the worst one
Point your scabby finger in my face
Denigration tactics of every sort
Your typically uncreative insults
Make me cheer and cabbage patch
But I wonât resort to puerile judgment or khaki
I yam what I yam
With dirty fingernails and carnivorous folds
When people call you Olive Oyl itâs not complimentary
Sure, use your stupid âwide angle lensâ
And poke my warm breasts
In your sea bed you farm fear
So who did not disgorge after extra-large meat pies
Or swallow tiny chalk pills in their faded past
You are not fooling anyone
By tiptoeing through fields of crêpe poppies
And inventing ulcers and Altoids
You have lost your self, like squirrels lose nuts
Worrywarts exist because there are
Stones to be worried
A rubbing stone in your only pocket
The one you sewed on your arm
Believing a craftiness might emerge
To confound the ones who digest
Your cohorts who order pizza
With extra cheese
Pepperoni and all of the meats.
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