Wednesday, October 30, 2024

my new talking scale

i'm about
to step onto my new
digital talking scale,
to check my weight,
when it
asks me in a robotic voice
to stop, are you sure you
want to do this?
how many
cookies
did you eat last night
while watching
Netflix?
yesterday,
you ate at McDonald's
and then
topped it off with a slice
of pie.
i see potato chip crumbs
on your double large
t-shirt.
do you really want me to
tell you how
fat you're becoming?
i see you're wearing stretch
pants today too.
they used to call them
pajamas.
now go drink
a glass of water, run around
the block,
and eat some grapefruit.
come back in a week or so
and we'll talk again.
i'm telling you this
for your own good.
now go.

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