You take a rest from studying
So you can pass the tests you needed to take
To get through training
You watched the World Series on television
In your cramped and cluttered room at the Y
And the commercials were nothing but
Advertisements for food
So your stomach started to growl
And your mouth began to salivate
This becomes a time you’ll always remember because
This is the first time you can remember you went hungry
Your mother wasn’t there to provide you
With her gourmet meals that
Kept you fat and overweight
Now you start fitting into the jeans you couldn’t even button up two months ago
This becomes a time you will never want to forget because
You don’t ever want to feel this hungry again
You get up from your cot
Turn off the television
And head out
Looking for a place to eat
Hoping you can spend little, yet still
Satisfy your hunger
At least through the rest of the weekend
You walk down streets
Not yet remembering their names
You approach a hot dog vendor on a street corner
See bags of hot dog buns stored on the bottom shelf of his cart, and
Consider grabbing one of those bags and running off with it
But you can’t come up with the courage to do it
A few more blocks down the street
A tall, slender black man approaches you, and
Instead of asking you for change or for a dollar you can’t spare
He teaches you
Your first lesson on visualization
I am tasting a huge and juicy bacon-cheeseburger
With a side order of huge, piping hot french fries
Drowning in ketchup
And I was wondering if you could take me over
To the Comet right now to have one
