All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
A Suggestion for Indigestion
December 19, 2019
The beast inside roars, “Please! Help me! Or else!”
Its howls run deep, echoes through me in pain
Dark of night, light of day, it stalks in stealth
There is one way its hunger can be slain
To the pantry I run, open it up
Cheez-Its, Annie’s, Pringles: chip heaps galore
“Substance!” it screams. Abort snacks, could a cup
Of juice maybe drown this impatient boor?
Cheesy, onion, barbeque melts my mouth
The voice gurgles but with sweet juice I hush
Its sound, with its taste of apple I douse
The protesting beast’s complaints turn to mush
What pleasing feelings! My tummy is stocked!
Wait...is that pain I sense? Seems I am...clogged!
© Rachel D., Bethesda, MD
Similar Articles
Previous Next
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 0 comments.
Is this poem about love? Relationships? Life? NO! It's about indigestion!
In a deeper sense, it's easy to be so caught up in our own needs that often times, we take things overboard and reap the consequences.