Special thanks to Tim Margetts for suggesting that visual form can add to a poem's enjoyment
What's
making
the number
on this scale grow?
The cakes and cookies?
The pasta and ice cream?
The late-night pantry visits?
Perhaps the incessant whipped cream?
The All-You-Can-Eat festivals?
It is time to halt indulgences.
Be more frugal with calories.
Concentrate on veg-tables.
Become friends with green foods
(Not mint ice cream..)
Drink more water.
Exercise.
I hate
Scales.
10/4/2026
Hahaha. I knew you'd love that part, Rachel. Our sick sense of humor, don'tcha know. xoxox
10/4/2026
The Words That Got to Me
What's making the number on this scale grow? (to quote the King of Siam) Is a puzzlement. it is time to halt indulgences. Be more frugal with calories. that's the ticket!
and then the examples, ae-yi - yieeee! car-r-ramba! etc. the trick is not to picture these things in your mind as you read them. Pretend they are nails and screws and washers. I think I am friends with lettuce - needed for salads, wraps, burgers, BLTs, etc., and zero calories. and carrot sticks although they sure haven't helped my vision any. The little stinkers. Late night pantry visits - got me there. Reading your list isn't helping things, you realize, Rachelle. They just went from your do -not list to my grocery list. Still, a neat poem, visually and taste bud pleasant!
10/4/2026
Thank you, my dear...and my apologies!! xoxox
10/3/2026
The Words That Got to Me
Become friends with green foods (Not mint ice cream) - Ah, life is cruel!
I loved the shapely bulge in the middle (unfortunately, rather too familiar these days). A fun, relatable poem.