Starving for Truth

I recall reading in Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London a description of one of the author's bunk mates at a men's shelter. Orwell was shocked that a thirty-eight-year-old man still had his original hair color and attributed it to a life of 'shirking responsibility'. Actually, a low food intake has been proven to slow down the aging process. Apparently it releases some sort of miracle hormone. My prayers for daily bread were answered generously today, after forty-eight hours without a bite to eat. I often go long periods without eating. I do not do this deliberately, but like most people around my neighborhood, I have trouble stretching out my check through the whole month. Unlike them, however, I suffer terrible stress from eating in drop-in centers, as a result of my high profile on the internet. Starvation really makes you feel alive. You can feel every organ in your body crying out for food. Nero confined one of his relatives to a starvation cell where the prisoner is recorded to have ripped open his mattress and eaten the stuffing. Starvation can drive you mad. It is brutal. That's why I am of the opinion that food, at least basic food, should not cost money. The media darling, George Carlin, on the other hand, as he took food from my mouth by leaving me unpaid for all his stolen laughs, only echoed this sentiment of mine because he knew it fit well with his stand-up routine.
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