i am not a picky eater.


when it comes to food, my mother taught me well.
always finish what's on your plate first, before taking more.
always eat fruits and vegetables, even if you really hate the veggie to the core.

but sometimes, in life,
eating is not that easy.

we are all unique individuals with specific tastes and likes and dislikes.
that's what makes us special, isn't it? our personality.

so let's say,
i really really like to eat meat.
and you really really like to eat vegetables.
we're sitting in this random restaurant, in a random place somewhere.
so the first dish comes,

and it's a plate of rather respectable and delectable-looking broccoli.
and you look super excited.
within seconds your plate is clear and your stomach half-full.

a friend lamented at the state of things,
and wondered aloud to me, how it would be possible to not be envious at a veggie-lover and her very fitting plate of greens.

but that's not the point right?
yes, the vegetables look very nice,
but i don't like broccoli.
[do not question. i know at this point you will probably squirm and protest 'how can you not like broccoli?' yes, it is possible, justlike how some people don't like ice cream, and also elmo from sesame street because he acts cute too much]
so i'm really glad you got vegetables, that you like, and also that the vegetables seem very happy to go down your throat into your stomach, but

i don't like vegetables. [somewhat.]

so i sit there at the table, patiently.
and the next dish appears,
and it's carrots, or something.

i don't like carrots.
not really, anyway.
i have nothing against them; they're quite chewy, good for eyesight [yah i know the benefits] and also recently i discovered that carrot juice is less horrible tasting than i imagined, but

i don't like carrots.

at this point of time,
i get a little frustrated.

what do i do?
so i keep on sitting at the table, waiting for the next dish to appear,
[which might turn out to be brinjal, which at that point in time i will just stand up and leave the restaurant and never come back]
if i sit at the table too long, and the dish i really want just doesn't come, i might just starve and die at the table, not to mention slump over it and maybe accidentally break the drinking glass,
but if i settle for the carrots, and the food i really want doesnt come till later, when i'm already full and can't force anything more down my throat, then....

i would regret it.

i would regret it.



i rejected the carrots.
i know they're good for eyesight,
but i dont fancy carrots much.

im not sure how long i can wait till i starve,
but i will not settle for carrots.

and,
you can say what you like but,

i am not a fussy eater.