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Saccharine Citizens
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Saccharine Citizens |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia 
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Saccharine citizens Slaves unto the fad To keep the form slender Or go completely mad Dietary consorts Watch their weight until They are slyphlike or sticklike Tired, or gravely ill Exercising maniacs Pummel flesh each day Give in to starvation To keep the fat at bay Personally kept trainers To keep the body slim And watching the waistline Till no food enters in With half the world hungry A meal from slow death Saccharine sweet citizens Fast with each breath Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
It's good to see you here again, Kethry, this is a riot!!!!! Kathleen (Kay) |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
there are so many levels to this one Kethry. . . it's hard to see them all. . . well done, you tell the tale well. . . ---------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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N orth Carolina Girl Senior Member
since 2001-12-04
Posts 962NC,USA |
Kethry,believe me I`m not a saccharine citizen.  and as usual I love your work!   Juanita |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Yes, it goes with the competetive world we live in, I guess. Nothing exceeds like excess..even the excess of starving oneself. You done real good here, kiwi  |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Lynne, this is so very sad indeed. (sigh) I don't like saccharin; it is unhealthy for the body. (sigh) I pray with all my heart that researchers will end this diet for the safety of our diets! (sigh) Very powerfully expressed, sweet friend! (kiss on cheek) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lynne, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
Cuts to the core of the matter. Enjoyed, Kethry. |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Keth darling sister of my heart, this is a brilliant piece of writing, the rhythm the flow amnd the message is truly outstanding. You're right, they become so thin there's nothing left of them, and there's mouths out the who would kill for the chance of putting something in their own mouths. Love and warm stuff As always Slushy  you did a first class job darling girl To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace St John ch2 v1 |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Oh Dear Keth.......what a wonderful poem about anorexia...it is so true.... What some people (like me) won't do, just to lose a few pounds of flesh.    Lyra |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Kethry~ Very, very excellent piece~ I've never 'understood' the need to be thinner, but, I understand there are those who do~ I fight to keep it on ... others starve themselves to take it off~ While still others would give anything for a morsel~ Such poignancy to this piece~ *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
My Diet Coke sits at my side But I just keep on getting wide I firmly eschew bacon bits But have to check my chair still fits! A saccharine citizen I am not... If bigger is better, blessings I've got! *S* I enjoyed this very much, Kethry... a dose of humor coated in sad truth. Well written! |
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sodpossom Senior Member
since 2001-06-15
Posts 723N.C |
Kethry Nice humor on a sad subject!I wrote about this one time,in humorous form also. Stevie |
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EagleScorpion Senior Member
since 2000-03-08
Posts 1644Here, Now, Forever |
Yeah... this reminds me of that movie "Requiem for a Dream" where an old lady takes diet pills to lose weight and she eventually drives herself crazy. What a crock! Why cant everybody just be fat so then nobody can make fun of everyone else because we'll all be fat!! You know, back then fat was beautiful.. if one of those gucci models went back in time to early human history, they would be laughed at! |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Kethry, I go along with Balladeer on this one. Enjoyed the read. |
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OWG Member
since 2001-03-19
Posts 155California |
Well I work out most every day...but I do a lot of abuse too...bisquits and gravy, starbucks rocket fuel.....big ole thick steaks.... rolaid shakes.. and sugar, pure cane stuff.... dug the views K'lady |
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