LJIdol Wheel of Chaos Week 1 - Quality

[eeyore_grrl]

LJIDOL Wheel of Chaos week 1 prompt: QUALITY
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		Quality over Quantity

Quality over Quantity is easier said than done
when food is a desert and cola is cheap
“nutritionally dense food only,”  we tout
                                  we crow
proud of ourselves for having money
                              education
                              time
as if
as if it grew from the earth
         & we all have equal access
well, i'm here to tell you
         it's lies
         all of it lies
none of it but the fruit grows on trees
& we hoard like villains in a disney movie
         doling out poison
         dressed pretty in needed calories
giving the people nothing but disdain when they bite the candy apple
& goddess forbid
         the poor treat themselves
         to anything else
         fresh meat
         fresh veggies
         or horror of horrors: a cake
we judge and we judge and we judge
harshest critics of our sisters
meanest to our brothers
we judge them all
        secretly eating snickers in our bathrobes
hypocrites R us in america
we like to judge
               to think we are better
we like to think that we CHOSE
        Quality over Quantity of calorie
but really our social status chose
         for us

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Comments

[fausts_dream]

This is such an important topic. The pure meanness of wanting to gatekeep what people on assistance eat. Nothing too fancy, certainly nothing sweet. If you wanted a cake on your child's birthday you shouldn't have been poor.

It's my understanding that places like Walmart and McDonald's give their employees tips on applying for assistance instead of you know paying a living wage.

And it is tough in certain neighborhoods finding healthy food, I've lived in some of them lots of liquor stores, used tire shops and payday loan advance places but no grocery stores with a decent produce section.

[eeyore_grrl]

It's a huge problem in society. Gathering, yes that! Perfect word.