Excuses, Excuses
People who have
Never had to lose weight, who
Struggle to gain weight, struggle to
Exercise, struggle to pay attention
In class or at work or in other places—
The ADHD trolls of the internet
Without perspective on so much as
What their own asshole looks like—
These people are always
Laughing and chiding
All of the earths fat people
For not being able to have
The willpower or the discipline
To stick to a diet
They’ve never stuck to—
Or an exercise plan when
They’ve never even touched their fucking toes.
It’s almost a hilarious
As the nutritionist I met
Who has no obese family, no
Personal history of obesity, no
Obese friends, no obese wife, no obese kids—
And yet somehow
Felt the desire
To make his whole life about
Teaching obese people how to live, never once
Even considering
That he had been avoiding them his whole life
Patiently waiting for the opportunity
To make it his job
To patronize every fat person he meets—professionally—
For a rate of $350 a session.
Don’t you dare tell me he has no fat people
In his life because he fixed them—
The obesity epidemic is getting worse every day folks
None of what they’re doing his helping, and yet
Excuses, excuses are only ever
For fat mouths, excuses excuses
Are only ever applied to the party
Seen as wrong —
How many more years of science will it take
For people to consider that maybe
The excuses are coming
From the people claiming to help us.