(Poem 8) You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

Lookin good on the outside

But your arteries are beat

Double Cheeseburgers

High blood pressure on a bun

Ding Dongs and Twinkies

Now you got diabetes

Candied yam cavities

Rotting your teeth

Concerned about your weight?

Look at your plate

You are what you eat.

Scraps and leftovers fat back and pigs feet

Our ancestors wanted better for us

So why we still eatin what the slave master left us?