The Pill

I have to take these pills
three times a day
everyday

so I don't get sick.

They come in a huge bottle.

"Take With Food"

in bold letters across the label.

I stopped taking them once and
thought I could control it
mind over matter

liberating myself.

But after a while I found myself
hunched over with nothing in my stomach

but crackers and apple juice.

And I was told I couldn't survive like that.

So now I swallow the pill each day with a meal.

Because sometimes it's just easier to take
the pill and eat bacon and eggs

than to suffer it out with nothing on your stomach.