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More Than Food

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Sometimes I cut food from my diet so that I can consume words and images. They are so much more filling than food. When I only want to eat from boredom I will try to create words of my own that dance on the paper like falling leaves and I attempt to put the images in my mind onto a piece of snow colored paper to show the word my thoughts. That usually satisfies me, taking away the urge to consume material things to fill the time. When I am starving, though, dying for sustenance, I will look to the works of others and drink them in like a humming bird drinks from the fairest flower or devour them in the way the black bears only choose the sweetest raspberries. This fills my stomach, keeping the beast from growling and keeping me alive for another day. The laws of my human body say that I cannot go on like this for long, but the art is so satisfying to my soul that I no longer care for the rules and restrictions of my flesh. I ignore the way my ribs protrude now, since I've stopped putting food into my system, how my pants now require belts because I only ingest words and pictures. I don't notice how the knobs of my spine can be counted due to my malnourishment, the boniness of my knees and elbows don't worry me anymore because the stories and images stun me too much. People comment on the sunken nature of my eyes, but I tell them that they shouldn't worry, I'm perfectly fine because I am fed by art, the things I create and the pieces that I guzzle like glasses of clean water or suck on like peppermint candies. Yes, some artwork is meant to be taken in before a moment is up, but others are meant to be slowly absorbed and thought on.

Sometimes I cut food from my diet so that I can consume words and images. They are more filling than food.
Um... This just sorta came out of my mind the other day so I decided to put it up here!
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haphazardmelody's avatar
This has some stunning imagery in it. And the repetition in the last line really brings everything home. This is wonderful.