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My Diet
by David R Spellman
To eat, drink and be merry
But you say, "Oh, contrary"
If you want to live long
You must learn a new song
And diet, diet ‘til you die
I say exercise is for boors
I just want some more smores
What’s so wrong with that
If I sit and grow fat
You say diet, diet ‘til you die
I want to sit and watch TV
Why can’t you just let me be
With my games and my cokes
My chips and my smokes
It’s my diet, my diet ‘til I die
When the ambulance it came
I had looked just the same
With a smile on my face
Was it such a disgrace
This diet, my diet with which I died
When I got to those gates
Where they decide all our fates
They said you can’t come in
Until you grow thin
So diet, diet until you die
If I had another chance
I would run and I’d dance
Not to look like a dope
I’d be filled with such hope
In my diet, diet ‘til I die
So while you still live
This advice I will give
If you want to appease
Don’t just eat all you please
And diet, diet before you die
As for me I will say
No more meat from this day
I will grin and I’ll bear
And listen my dear
To your diet, diet ‘til you die
No more chocolate I’ll take
Or slivered cheesecake
Will pass by my lips
To show on my hips
Damn these diets, diets I hope will die!
01/06/2003 Posted on 01/08/2003
Copyright © 2024 David R Spellman
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 01/09/03 at 05:16 AM Ha! great, David. I love it all the more because my wife and I just went on Atkins... your poem expresses so many sentiments I have had but have not had the guts to express. Good humor with a serious vein well taken. |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 01/09/03 at 05:42 AM Damn the diets full feed ahead....Charlie |
| Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 01/09/03 at 02:17 PM Amusing light verse - interesting form, too, sort of limerick-ish. I sympathize! d:-) |
| Posted by Anne Engelen on 01/10/03 at 02:37 PM A diet...awful life sentence!
Fun poem you have here David! |
| Posted by Kate Demeree on 01/10/03 at 07:18 PM lololol.. oh this is a fun one.. like the satire! oh and *piffit* :oP Take Care David |
| Posted by JD Clay on 01/12/03 at 04:35 AM Great lighthearted (no pun) poem Dave. I love your whimsical style. Now where's the Twinkies?
Peace... |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 01/12/03 at 01:46 PM LOL! A man after my own heart...and diet! :o) |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 02/22/03 at 05:58 PM A humorous poem with a very serious theme. (My doctor has me on a high fat diet for three days for some tests--really upsetting my system. Guess I have become accustomed to my low fat diet.) |
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