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Cottage Cheese
deja vu its just happened again
horrid dimpled orange peel blight
hammer and tongs from the back
unaware of her rump of cellulite
sedentary jobs they're behind it
losing my grip in stark moonlight
pulled away with undiluted relief
shuddering at the feel of cellulite
shame is, her front is pure bliss,
but how can I explain my plight?
she's proud of her plump ...
Wednesday 25th August 2021 10:28 am
Rouge
at right angles to beauty,
geometry's not my friend,
full reservoirs of make-up
my proportions won't mend
other girls seem so pretty
my torso's a basket case
lobster nose, carrot hair,
mirrors crack at my face
I dream of drastic surgery
features lissom and new
Romeos on my doorstep
aftershaves in a queue
each day flushed torture
in a self-consc...
Saturday 8th May 2021 11:08 am
Backache
sensitive about her body
gym doing physical jerks
I praised her endeavours
my flattery usually works
then came a stupid row
for jealousy of her friends
that fresh independence
envy ease of mind rends
my criticisms undermine
confidence to be curbed
barbed comments, digs
her self-worth disturbed
warned her shape awry
put her mind on the rack
g...
Thursday 25th February 2021 10:28 am
Breath On The Mirror
It is going to come
as some surprise
To those who think
that I am wise
But I hardly know
what's right to do
And I've probably done
far less than you
I'm nothing much
make nothing different
I'm usually stuck
so much for wisdom
It makes me sad
to fall so short
Not what I hoped
I'd be at all.
But this is not
the final me
I can be more
than what I've been
And in...
Friday 12th February 2021 4:14 am
Floored
Some like a hearty breakfast, others just a roll
You need fuel in your furnace to face life's rigours
Yet some agonise over their self-image
Wayward minds obsessing about their figures
I'm not surprised you keep fainting
I've told you till I'm blue in the face
Cottage cheese and a slice of Ryvita
Leaves you reeling all over the place
You staggered and all but fain...
Friday 31st July 2020 11:20 am
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