Hyperbole # 26 by Jennifer Wardell

For breakfast we had a bagel with cheese
and a cup of coffee. The landlord does
not give a shit about trying to please
our stomachs or taming our hunger throes.

For lunch the landlord gave us some crackers
and nuts that we were unable to eat
all because we did not have nutcrackers
the meal was not quite enough to defeat

our hunger pangs. For dinner I went to
the buffet and had sushi, shrimp, and crab.
I have to watch how much shrimp I go through
because cholesterol shows in my lab

reports. I'm getting fatter every day
Two-hundred-six pounds is how much I weigh.

"A Cup Of Coffee" by Kenneth Larot Yamat

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