I ate like a Hoover
but seldom were vegetables
anything more than 
a ruse, a pretense
that healthy food
passed my lips.
I ate veggies in public
and binged on pastries,
ice cream, raw dough…
anything that wasn’t green
or healthy or nutritious
in private. The result?
I didn’t eat them…I became one.
I ate to a near-comatose state
then ate some more,
hiding the evidence
except that stretching me
expanding the girth
until I found a way
to stop being a vegetable
and actually enjoy
eating them.