NaPoWriMo 2017: Day 8: G is for Good Time (to shut the fuck up)

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Contains profanity

If you don't like strong language, don't read the poem and then complain about the language

 

Next time you're out to lunch

With your fat cousin, brother or sister

Or maybe you see a portly stranger

About to sink his or her teeth

Into something you consider

A poor dietary choice

Because fat people are only supposed to eat salads with no dressing

And drink diet soda

Before you open your mouth

To tell your fat frenemy or relative 

Or that fat person you don't even know

That they shouldn't be eating what they're eating

That they're going to give themselves diabetes

That their fat body is costing you money by existing

Realize that now's a great time

To shut the fuck up

To stick a sock in it

To check yourself before you wreck yourself

And if you do choose to open your fool mouth

And insert your unwarranted opinion

Try not to be surprised

If you end up with an earful of angry (and deserved) comeback

A mouth full of your foot

And maybe a face full of whatever the fat person who was just trying to enjoy their meal was drinking

Maybe it was diet soda

Maybe it was water

Maybe it was regular soda

Or even beer or wine

In any case

Whatever it was

It was none of your damn business in the first place

Next time you're out for a swim

And you see a fat person

Sunning themselves

Or walking

Or playing in the water

Or having a drink with a little umbrella in it

And you think it would be a great idea

To tell them how much better they'd look if they lost a few pounds

Or think it would be great fun to have a laugh at their expense

After all, what is that land whale doing out in public

And not sitting home in their apartment

Eating and hating themselves

Before you open your nasty mouth

And let hurtful words fly forth

Now is a really great time

To slap some tape where your mouth is

In other words, shut the fuck up

Because other people are not there

To be targets of your ridicule

And nobody fucking asked you

For your advice about their body

Instead of standing in judgment of everyone else

Now is a damn good time

To take a long hard look at yourself

Being an asshole

Is never a good look

Created by Rose and Cie

With no apologies for harsh language 

Or for our bodies 

PSA: 

Nobody can "eat themselves into diabetes." The only people who develop diabetes are those who have the genetic trigger for diabetes. You cannot get diabetes because you "ate too many sweets" or because you have a large body type. 

People of all sizes get diabetes. A person with the genetic trigger for diabetes may develop diabetes regardless of their diet. Insulin resistance can cause weight gain and make weight loss difficult. It can also cause incessant hunger.

Diabetes is not a personal failing. It is the pancreas failing.

Please don't say things like "I'm going to get diabetes if I eat this (piece of cake, candy bar, other sweet food)" or "if you don't lose weight, you're going to end up with diabetes." Such statements are untrue and potentially hurtful.

It is impossible to know how much a person eats, how much they do or don't exercise, or what health conditions they may or may not have based solely on your perceptions of their body type.

Regardless of your thoughts about another person's attractiveness, it is never okay to be invasive or cruel to that person. 

Note:

Goofy Rose did not take a good look at today's letter and assumed it was F. Thank you, Cie, for writing this G poem with me!