Candida, Gonna Eat Ya Poem by Nika McGuin

Mankind has spent ages
searching for alien life
Well, they finally found it
mushroom formations in space

Mushrooms aren't exclusive to earth
In fact they are quite primordial
Isn't it ridiculous, full of mirth?
all this time we've been so probial
but in our stomachs, give mycelial birth
to a colony of fungi, microbial

I'm not talking about those portobello
mushrooms you put on your burger
or those cute little chopped shrooms
that you marinate and decorate steak with
there's a much darker breed of fungi on rise

It feeds on sugar and yeast
Coca-cola and Cheetos
its a snack loving beast
If you allow that it grows
upon you, it will feast

It used to be a cute little monster
before the over-use of sugar became the classic
it was decided, that fat is truly sinister
but without it, food tasted quite tragic

consumers wanted fat-free
sellers just wanted to sell
in order to make everyone happy
swapping fat with sugar seemed swell

Swell it did, our little monster
and best believe it is conscious
your cravings are not out of hunger
they are due to atrocious Candidas

We were born with it
and when we die
it is this that takes over
and devours our remains
It sounds gruesome, I know
but even babies have it
each and every one of them