I will not eat that cake
It sits there gloating
Full of fat, bulging cream
As if to say
Be like me, abundant
Indulgent, finger-licking good
But I have eaten my ryvita
My chosen food of suffering
Chewed down the tasteless
Sesame covered cardboard
And I will not be tempted
By such fancies as that
Luscious cup cake
I have aspirations
To be less of me
And if I have to live
On cardboard and water
It will be so.
I am a woman with a goal
Not some weak floozy
Who is thrown by the unexpected
I am made of sterner stuff
My will once set
Cannot be broken.
Be gone foul cup cake
I spurn you
You are nothing to me
In the greater scheme of things
You are but a tiny morsel
I’ll take just one crumb to remind me
Of all that I choose to reject
One needs to know the enemy
Keep your friends near
But your enemies even closer
Heavens that cake was small
It started with a crumb
Barely a morsel
But somehow the cake has been eaten
I can’t believe it’s gone
In the greater scheme of things
I will not let such a slip
Cause me to lose my way
To err is human after all
Even one crumb can lead you to disaster
Now I know the danger of a tiny piece
That is how it begins
A slippery slope
To cake indulgence
I will be strong
I will say no
To all future, finger-licking food
