TheChavsStoleMeName

Every day, wake up and take a pill So you don't go looking for lethal thrills. Haven't you ever wanted to go to the brink Of destruction, just to see if you'd sink Into the clutches of death or if you'd survive Just because God still wants you alive? You live on time stolen not borrowed From some intangible thing called tomorrow. Forget that white, round pill stamped 1-4-2 And you'll realize how much you can do If only they would let you try To jump off, spread your wings, and fly. But even with the meds in your system, You still aren't without symptoms. Your working memory abilities Are poor enough to come to futility. Ima

               I have no face. There was a time when I may have owned one, but this is a fuzzy half-memory. In fact, it may be entirely an invention of fantasy. These days, regardless of my history, I know for a fact that I have no face. However, I have been granted a name: The American Obesity Problem. And I am growing in the United States. You may have seen me on television. You may have been witness to my disconcerting back cleavage and mystified by the seamless transition my legs make from my calves into my ankles. You probably saw my unsettlingly large, shelf-like behind as it strained against my tight Capri pants that I swore I would fi