Generic Brand

by liVing lIes   Nov 10, 2004


Its foul taste
crawling up my throat
the acid burns
i feel like I'm going to choke
i wouldn't normally do this
but you brought me this far
pushing food into my face
one of them is all you are
i told you I'd eat later
but you told me now
and now i look to this for help
yet i don't know if it knows how
that doesn't matter
the food must depart
I've never done it this way
now is a good time to start
as my fingers move forward
i cannot go on this way
I'll think of a friend
who i do laundry with each day
Clorox, Gain, Downy
so many to choose
you can come in and stop me
but i have no more to lose
you hide them in the kitchen
but forget that there's more
watching you down the hall
i open the cupboard door
AH!! the generic brand
as i take off the cap
i fill it a bit
throwing one hand in my lap
i down it all
the taste is horrid
i don't think I'll ever
be able to drink more of it
and here it comes
just as I'd planned
i run to the bathroom
and wind up sitting on my hand
out it comes
look i see my dinner
that's the cal-zone you made me eat
the one you ordered from Pizza Spinner's
all of that work
done for no good
but i understand
i knew you would
this new habit
works quite well
but you
i will never tell

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