The Era of Kummerspeck

 The Era of Kummerspeck

• In English, “grief bacon,” excess weight gained from overeating during emotionally trying times.

                                                                                             

-The Book of Random Oddities

Feeling lonely and blue, need somebody to talk to,

And can’t due to the virus?

Add to your adipose, to coin a term, get gorgimous.

Fill the void with foodstuffs.

Want to be emotionally intelligent, and emote,

But it’s much more pleasant to gulp, gobble, and bolt?

Put the fridge on the stove and cook up a snack,

Potatoes, corn, and ribs, an entire rack.

Grief bacon, a kind of frying pan-demic,

B squared LT, 9 slices instead of 3.

Or, if you will, a KLT,

Kummerspeck, Lettuce, and Tomato, Bon appetito!

So until you raise your emotional IQ,

Be OK with wolfing the barbecue.

But don’t forget to exercise, perhaps dance,

So you will be able to squeeze into your pants.