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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Kummerspeck #NewNormal #A2Z

 Kummerspeck 


(German)


Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally "grief bacon."




Some of us have the privileges

so many that we lose count

and we fail to identify

often when and how 

A privilege

becomes a cage

Food not for survival

but food to satiate this rage

this sadness

The hopelessness of this plague

What is on your plate?

Is it just food?

or an opiate.


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19 comments:

  1. FreshdaisiesdotmeApril 13, 2021 3:28 AM

    So true! Many times we forget to count our blessings and just crib about things not available to us. Loved the line, a privilege becomes a cage!

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  2. ArtiApril 13, 2021 1:44 PM

    Wow!
    That last line hits hard.

    The fact that this German word sounds like waist in Hindi (kummer) made me smile. The warning is in the word.

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    1. Pooja PriyamvadaApril 13, 2021 3:57 PM

      Of course both Hindi and German have a lot common with Sanskrit , so there

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    2. Srivalli RekhaApril 13, 2021 7:07 PM

      I thought the same. :)

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  3. SuchitaApril 13, 2021 2:35 PM

    Oh wow - this was brilliant Pooja.

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  4. Molly of Molly’s CanopyApril 13, 2021 5:32 PM

    Excellent poem! And I love the “stressed is desserts spelled backwards” image. So true, as we reach for the sugary foods. https://mollyscanopy.com/2021/04/kents-and-the-creek-i-learn-to-smoke-atozchallenge/

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  5. Srivalli RekhaApril 13, 2021 7:07 PM

    This is one question a lot of people need to ask themselves. Wonderfully put.

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  6. Frewin55April 13, 2021 10:01 PM

    I confess that I have to be very careful not to comfort eat and you express this First World problem so well...

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    1. Pooja PriyamvadaApril 17, 2021 10:32 AM

      Yes it is a problem with most privilged people

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  7. AlanaApril 15, 2021 3:09 AM

    In Weight Watchers (I've been on their program for almost nine years) we learn a lot about emotional eating and stress eating. We do tend to self-medicate with food. But it solves nothing.

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    1. Pooja PriyamvadaApril 17, 2021 10:33 AM

      Yes thats true Alana thst when iot becomes opiate

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  8. Satabdi MukherjeeApril 15, 2021 7:35 PM

    Food for thought! Loved these lines...

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  9. Chinmayee Gayatree SahuApril 17, 2021 12:15 AM

    Opiate ... woah... absolutely. How wonderfully you narrated ! Well let me confess I am one among these . I overeat when tensed or anxious .

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  10. Pooja PriyamvadaApril 17, 2021 10:34 AM

    Happens to all of us sometime

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  11. Durga Prasad DashApril 18, 2021 1:20 PM

    Interesting to know this German word that seems to have some links with Hindi. Also with Cummerband.

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