How to lose weight

Exhume your motivation. Throw the bold thing
in a trash, in front of the lawn
pocket your timer and walk

to the couch. Watch a tv show,
watch another. Dine on junk food
like the bag of chips with Cheetos

overflowing the rims of the bag.
Be charming. Say Do you have a twin sister?
Then you must be the most beautiful Cheeto in the world!
Say If it's true that we are what we eat
then I could be you by morning. Have one more drink
on the couch. Compliment it
on the décor, the zebra-stripped barcode,
the price tag on the corner of the bag
screaming low price with energy.
Reach. Dig inside, open your mouth,
lick the deliciousness with your tongue.
Do what you came here to do.

Clean up, go to bed, pretend nothing
happened. When your friend stumbles upon it
in the trash in front
in the trash the afternoon after,
When she asks What is this? Say Lunch.
Let the smell run off all day on the kitchen counter.
Listen to it crisp on the deep fryer.
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Imitation of How to Commit Adultery by David Hernandez