You said I was soft.

A marshmallow. A cowardly custard. A yellow-bellied jelly baby. Such sweet descriptions for something so distasteful.

You called me sugar and I hoped it was because you thought I’d rot your teeth.

Better face the fact that I’m full fat. Putting the die into diet.

teven Holding lives in the United Kingdom. His story TURNING A TRICK appears in the collection BLOODLUST from Black Hare Press. You can follow his work at stevenholding.co.uk.