'The Solution' by Max Scratchmann
The Solution
The solution, they tell me,
For that flabby unsightly bit around my middle -
Where my waist grew slowly from a thirty-two to a thirty-eight
In the dead of night -
Is simply to cut out the carbs,
Though take a walk down any high street at lunch time
And find something to eat
That isn’t bread, or tortilla, or pastry, or potatoes or rice,
And there’s only so much you can do with a salad
When you really, really want a Big Mac
And Doctor Atkins is dead
So there’s no-one to call
When you manage three days carb-free
And then something upsets you on day four
And you’re craving biscuits in the middle of the night
And you know that the petrol station has a Tesco
And that it’s open
And all sorts of delights are just waiting within.
Calling to you…
Comments
Our readers who ranked the poems:
- strong conveying of the pull and push of food
- contains very strong messages of why and how eating disorders manifest themselves. They clearly give a message of how ‘control’ is a big issue.
- I particularly liked the simple language by the poet to convey a message that can is relatable. The author provides examples of food cravings as well as the struggle to restrain himself from indulging.
- the author also reflects on the possibility of negative events taking places that drives him to give into the craving. In a way he isn’t succumb to the stigma of males needing to be strong mentally and physically by acknowledging his weaknesses.
- tackles the problem with the desire calling out to you
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