First thing - I ought to weigh myself
It's up to me it's my own health
My buttons burst, I've split my skirt
I must admit it's me I've hurt
I know when I'm on a diet
Don't tell your friends, best keep quiet
Eat half or whole? You're in control
When faced with breafast's brown seed roll
Is time an enemy or friend?
It warns, bad start, good - break time ends
The one thing dieters can't stop
Is time's march like a ticking clock
I have a hunch it's time for lunch
To chew, to chomp, swallow and munch
At waiting I'm still a beginner
I struggle to wait for dinner
If I can't wait I'll take a date
Next time my loot's a piece of fruit
A glass of water helps me wait
Weigh myself in my birthday suit
Open the fridge, I look for tea
A host of food is calling me
Until I see the warning clock
Slam the fridge door, this search must stop
Postpone pleasure, postpone sorrow
Once more, diet starts tomorrow
Once a sinner, now a winner
Just say 'no seconds' at dinner
Old friends praise me, "You look thinner!"
I've a secret, I won't keep it
Avoid trouble, don't eat double
Snacks? Half a chocolate biscuit.
Brain and tummy, like dad and mummy
Fight over who will win this time
Wine? Just one sip, Water first. Win!
Let's fight off hunger writing rhyme.
-ends-
Version one of thi poem read I gihgt off hunger writing rhyme. I thought that was a surprise. I changed it to let's fight off hunger writing rhyme. More inclusive of the reader. A message. Now I'm wondering if the first version was more original. I have left the second version but added this note, so leave it to the poem reader or poem performer to choose.
Let's fight off hunger writing rhyme is also an instruction to yself in the future. Distraction. Distraction activity.
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