Calories

Cal ories

C a l o r i e s

I wonder how many

Calories

Are in the word

Calorie

Or its definition:

The unit of measurement

For how much energy

Food

Gives

You

The word gnaws

Like a broken, vitriolic record

Incessantly

At my brain

240 in this bagel,

95 in that apple

Sustenance becomes

Numbers seasoned with

Guilt

I use up

So many calories

Just thinking of

Calories

I am buried alive

Crushed by

A string of eight innocent letters

A seemingly superficial

Yet multifaceted word

Causing so much

Pain

Creating such a

Restless home

For my thoughts

A visions cycle of

Using my

Calories

To think of

Calories

The punishment fits the

Crime

But why is it a

Crime?