Taste Bud Game

I'm not sure if it's my tongue or brain that should be labeled traitorous. Two foods placed in front of me.

 A perfect apple. Red, shiny, glistening on the table. You know the first bite will crisp in your mouth. Sweet drops of juice splash on the tongue. The texture of the fruit feels solid, healthy, energizing. You can imagine the healthy power coursing through your body. The energy to take you through a 12 hour day and still want to Float the Wind at Tai Chi.





Next to it is poison. Perfectly round. Delicately golden and sugar drenched Krispy Kreme donut, topped with chocolate and rainbow sprinkles. No resistance as your teeth quickly touch, no substance to the herion like sugar that dissolves in your mouth. The sugar drips down your throat and hits the stomach, providing a brief rush and tingling in the brain. For a moment. Then it quickly fades, becoming a nauseous wave. The energy a mere fleeting moment of pleasure on the taste buds becomes a regret.

So why, with the knowledge, the benefits, the drawbacks. And yet, almost everytime, the taste buds override the brain and the teeth sink quickly into a donut that dissolves and takes a trip to my thighs.  Alas.