What A Way To Lose Weight!

I could not turn on my telly... or read a magazine, I had to protect my belly... from adverts that are seen... The kitchen filled my heart with dread... the larder to avoid... So many ways I could be fed... but then to get annoyed... This diet is a nuisance, but... I choose to fight the flab, I hope to shrink this growing gut... so food I must not grab... Nor walk up close and smell the stuff... their flavours there to sniff... Despite the fact such smells I love... and oh, what joys they give... I sprayed the rooms with aerosols, my appetite to quell... Or else there goes my future goals, my belly then to swell... I check the scales impatiently... to learn the weight I am, While daydreaming there of gravy... I gently pour on lamb... Or turkey, chicken or bacon... potatoes here and there... Then I stop and put the brake on... to limit my despair... My greenhouse has tomatoes... and yet I must resist... Obesity gets up my nose... yet chocolate treats are missed... One salad, that is all I get, until tomorrow comes... Use self-control! No need to fret! Distract those teeth and gums... Hold on, be patient, wait your turn... just think of something else! Like calories that I must burn... before starvation yells... Who am I kidding? Nobody! I must eat pizza NOW! My larder pizza calls to me... Oh, yeah, that's good... and how! Denis Martindale August 2019.