If I take the barbell out for any length of time yes it would close.. a few minutes here or there doesn't hurt.. are you asking if it looks weird with the barbell out? a little there is a hole in my tongue..

haven't eaten with the barbell out, but no food doesn't get stuck in it.. it's not a very big hole.. I did find out that I should eat with certain barbells though, the flat ones get food caught on them and it's gross.. I prefer the round ones..
yes fudgecicles and juice pops.. yummy
"All work and no smut makes Cammy lose her edge." ~DG
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas