I didn't order it. I carefully chose foods
on my plan, what I could eat,
what would best serve my needs.
And you — the corporate you —
knew better. And you added a cookie...
just a little one, a marketing technique
to sell the larger siblings. Or you added peppermint
or a sucker or something sugary. Without permission.
I've stopped you before, said to take it back,
that I didn't want it, and I'm not alone.
Others have done that but you don't learn.
Would you give away a cigarette?
A plug of tobacco, a pinch of snuff?
A jigger of whiskey? Why not? What's the difference?
You warn about peanuts, wheat, other matter
I could be allergic to. But you don't consider
those of us who can't handle sugar,
who are addicted to it as much as a junky to pills.
Look around. Don't you see those of us
who would prefer to be healthy, to shed the pounds?
Would you please cease and desist the mandatory sweets?
on my plan, what I could eat,
what would best serve my needs.
And you — the corporate you —
knew better. And you added a cookie...
just a little one, a marketing technique
to sell the larger siblings. Or you added peppermint
or a sucker or something sugary. Without permission.
I've stopped you before, said to take it back,
that I didn't want it, and I'm not alone.
Others have done that but you don't learn.
Would you give away a cigarette?
A plug of tobacco, a pinch of snuff?
A jigger of whiskey? Why not? What's the difference?
You warn about peanuts, wheat, other matter
I could be allergic to. But you don't consider
those of us who can't handle sugar,
who are addicted to it as much as a junky to pills.
Look around. Don't you see those of us
who would prefer to be healthy, to shed the pounds?
Would you please cease and desist the mandatory sweets?
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