WILLLOSEIT's CalorieKing Blog
reflections
Wednesday, June 20th 2007
mirrorsthey dont lie
but they can fool you
sometimes
especially when you
are alone
at home
its there
where we see
what we want to see
not what is really there
its alone
when we see our profile
and think
well thats not too bad
and for the moment
we believe
its ok to be this size
and then we go out
it doesnt matter where
just anywhere
where a mirror
a window perhaps
reflects our image
and we see what
everyone else can see
and ...
dressing on the side
Tuesday, June 19th 2007
there are thingsthat I have been doing
since I can remember
to fight the battle of the bulge
my bulge
that just keeps getting
bigger and bigger
despite all my efforts
I havent had a real soda
since tab
remember tab?
coco colas answer
to the prayers
of the diet generation
with the unique taste
not quite coke
not quite bad
not quite good
but good enough
got milk?
not whole milk
not in my house
not in my mouth
since 1963
when my mom
snuc...
the lemon cake that ate grace
Monday, June 18th 2007
I should have known betterthan to bake a cake
a lemon cake
drenched in lemon sugar water
drizzled with lemon glaze
staring me in the face
saturday and then
again on sunday
tempting me
with powers much stronger
than me
so much stronger
I should have known better
than to bake something new
to bring to my sisters
because I always have
to taste
what I havent baked before
just to be sure
that its good enough
and even though it always is
i still ta...
my dad was ok. happy father's day
Sunday, June 17th 2007
my dad was okand it is father's day
so i will tell you his tale
he came to this country
a prisoner of war
captured in sicily
in 1943
by the american soldiers
who were welcomed
like liberators
because the italian army
was in such disarray
and the war far from over
was over for my father
and his friends
a long time ago
you see they had no food
and no shoes
and no guns
to fight the enemy
but not really their enemy
and so they hid in pastures
when t...
in the nail salon
Saturday, June 16th 2007
they sat in the nail salonoblivious
superficial
nasty
women of privilege
the kind of woman
i love to hate
they talked incessantly
making inappropriate comments
shouting their thoughtless opines
for all of us to hear
they were everything
i never want to be
seemingly heartless and
full of venom
vipers
i tried to ignore them
but they didnt want that
or else they would have
spoken in hushed tones
instead of in voices
that echoed throughout the s...