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I'm not hungry Overeating is bad and I know it. So I don't eat more than I need. I know that it's unecessary. I don't need it, I'm fine.

I can live without it. This Food is torturing.

I'm hungry. I can't stop it. I want it, I need it, I must have it. I want all of it. Can't stop those overwhelming flavors. I need more to live. I eat until I become mad. Again and again, even if it's bad, even if it's poisoned. I eat again and again and again and again Those overwhelming feelings are too much

Stop looking at like that, you are like me I know it

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Food is the subject here, but the poem is really about a fight inside the speaker. It begins calmly, almost like a person reciting rules: overeating is bad, I don't need more, I can live without it. The repeated "I know" and "I'm fine" sound like someone trying to convince themselves. Then the tone breaks. "I'm hungry. I can't stop it." The short, controlled lines give way to a rush of wanting, with "I want all of it" and the endlessly repeated "again and again."

The speaker seems to feel torn between reason and compulsion. Eating is no longer pleasure, since they continue "even if it's bad, even if it's poisoned," and the food is called "torturing." The mood is anxious, desperate, and a little shameful. The ending turns outward, as the speaker snaps at someone watching and insists "you are like me." It reads as a defensive, uneasy plea for recognition.

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