{"id":19372,"date":"2022-04-24T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=19372"},"modified":"2022-02-26T08:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:56:01","slug":"evolving-emotions-moderation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2022\/04\/24\/evolving-emotions-moderation\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: Moderation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Trigger Warning*<\/p>\n<p>This poem contains eating disorder subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the realm of hypocrisy<\/p>\n<p>Everything in moderation<\/p>\n<p>The chant that leads to an obsession<\/p>\n<p>An obsession that cannot be moderated<\/p>\n<p>Counting the calories<\/p>\n<p>Saying no<\/p>\n<p>Saying yes becomes a rarity<\/p>\n<p>And even then<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you hadn&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>That number on the scale<\/p>\n<p>Satisfying but wanting<\/p>\n<p>Wanting perfection<\/p>\n<p>That moderation of flesh<\/p>\n<p>Of fat<\/p>\n<p>Of life<\/p>\n<p>Wanting the shock<\/p>\n<p>The surprise<\/p>\n<p>The congratulatory remarks<\/p>\n<p>They didn&#8217;t know the damage done<\/p>\n<p>Seasons pass<\/p>\n<p>A new obsession<\/p>\n<p>One of eating feelings<\/p>\n<p>Crying frustration<\/p>\n<p>Counting calories<\/p>\n<p>Unable to stop the pain<\/p>\n<p>You stuff it down your throat<\/p>\n<p>Only for it to come back up<\/p>\n<p>A mess of &#8220;moderation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of obsession beyond balance<\/p>\n<p>Beyond sense<\/p>\n<p>Polar sides<\/p>\n<p>Neither just right<\/p>\n<p>Always looking<\/p>\n<p>Striving<\/p>\n<p>For the approval<\/p>\n<p>For the stability<\/p>\n<p>Of those words<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Everything<\/em> in moderation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19373\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20190326_175008804_iOS-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20190326_175008804_iOS-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20190326_175008804_iOS-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20190326_175008804_iOS.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Trigger Warning* This poem contains eating disorder subject matter. &nbsp; In the realm of hypocrisy Everything in moderation The chant that leads to an obsession An obsession that cannot be moderated Counting the calories Saying no Saying yes becomes a rarity And even then Wishing you hadn&#8217;t That number on the scale Satisfying but wanting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":19371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1774,1520,34,281,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19374,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions\/19374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}