feed

I used to starve
when I was younger
I had money for rent and bills
but nothing to feed myself with

I lost fifty pounds in six months
and another thirty in the remainder
of the year.

It was fine
I had been a plump teenager
so this was new
almost welcomed

At a hundred and eighty pounds
I looked good but I didn't have
money for clothes
so I cinched my pants tight with a belt
and worked every day saving dollars
in a tin to clothe myself

I bought second hand suits from
the thrift store before it was cool
and wore them out before I knew it
No one gives away good suits
they wait until they're almost dead
before handing them off

No one gives away anything good