Author's note: Needless to say, I don't own Mortal Kombat. Also, this is a poem I wrote over ten years ago when I was falling pretty hard for this guy that had a girlfriend that lived a thousand miles away. I kind of tried to take him from her. I did not succeed. Since it's so old and clearly I don't want to, I won't be revising it, EVER. I appreciate ever review or comment, but helpful criticism might be pointless. This is part of my past and I want it to stay just the way it is. Hope you like it. Hope you laugh. Enjoy... and of course, stay awesome. :)

Starving Girl Rant

I haven't eaten for days

And my stomach's a lion

Audibly growling

I'd fill it

But I can't eat.

Got an hour to go at work

Then I'm gonna drive home

Get some sleep if I can

I'm a light sleeper

This lion wakes me constantly

That's fine, man

I just can't eat

There really is no us or we

Just you and me and her or she

I'm flustered man, I'm drugged

I'm enamored with you

And it's killing me

Starting to clamor at

All the little things

No air here

I can't breath, dear

My brain's asleep

The wheel's not turning cause

The hamster's drunk and stumbling

Around in his cedar chips

Waiting for another rap on the cage

By the five year old fingers

Of the child that laughs at me

When I'm acting crazy at my old age.

Man, I really wish I could say

"Same soup, different bowl."

But I can't eat.

Nothing's working

I'm all run down

I'll sleep while I drive

Cause I know this town

My fingers are aching

To scribble down

These weird thoughts

Take some funny pictures

And fake a laugh

My head in my hands

Man, my eyes hurt.

They won't shut for long

Not even when I kiss you

In the dreams I have

While I'm still awake

Of course

You back away from me

Shocked and smiling

A little confused

Taunting sprite I am

Can't even bend her in my dreams

She, oh pretty girl of long ago

The only one you've ever known

Mortal Kombat is my game but

My punches fall sweetly like leaves

Over the eyes with which

She stares me down

To my weakest levels of power

And as I'm dizzy and spinning around

A loud voice from the sky cries

"Finish Her!"

But she doesn't finish anything

She has mercy on me

cause she knows why I'm weak

She wipes the tears from my eyes

And as she helps me up

She flips off that voice in the sky

and hands me a sandwich

"I know it's not fair" she says,

"I know you think he's wonderful

But he's still mine.

This trade is small

But it will have to do."

As she walks away sweetly

I become not so much sad as irate

I squeeze the sub in my hand

Tomato juice and mustard

Running through my fingers

My eyes glow red

Through the thick glaze

I fly up karate style

With regained strength

And mush the sub into her face

I grab her ear and whisper

"Yeah, thanks there darlin'

But think about it you stupid girl."

And the lion in my stomach roars

"SHE CAN'T EAT!"

A gust from the roar sends her flying back

Scared little girl she is now

She's hurt and I feel her pain

Two smurfs, One mushroom hut, Man

No shelter for me or she

And we sit awhile

Yeah, I'm crazy and she gets me

I think she's quite alright

Thousands of miles between us

And we connect on one level

Then two and three

At the end of this façade

We hug and gingerly

Pull the knives from each other's backs

Yet there are still daggers in our eyes

Saber sharp and stronger than the teeth

I'd sink into a steak if only, Man

If only I could eat

I miss food so go away with her,

Silly chicken farm boy,

But leave me a chicken

So I can eat.

No, hun, please stay

I lied, I'm crazy

I miss food but not as much

As I'd miss you

Friendly ghost boy

Stay and fly around me

And don't be scared of the lion, man

He's just hungry and mad

That I can't eat.