Caren Krutsinger Poet Light Verse

Dhramn Diet Pill Did Not Work

Dhramn Diet Pill
I took a pink diet pill.
The blue ones had stopped working.
And I stopped drinking all that stupid water.
I do not have time to go to the bathroom hourly.

Thought about it and realized I probably needed two diet pills.
Shook out another pink, and downed it happily.
Turned to see crackers and peanut butter.
A little taste would not hurt. Made them into sandwiches.

My husband had brought home my favorite coconut cake.
I stomped out of the kitchen, irritated.
Slunk back five minutes later and cut the cake into sixty-four pieces.
They were so small, I ate thirty-two of them.
Dhramn diet pill did not work.

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Michelle Faulkner January 24, 2019 at 1:33 PM This is a hoot, Caren, although I hope you did not get a tummy ache after eating thirty two pieces of cake! Caren Krutsinger January 24, 2019 at 4:20 PM It was a very SMALL cake - one of those teeny tiny frozen Sara Lee coconut cakes. They are petite, Michelle. So very small. You know the ones.

Eunice Muthiani January 22, 2019 at 2:50 PM Hi Caren, I can't stop laughing because of the obvious temptation here. Discipline is not easy especially when dieting. With thirty-two pieces of favourite coconut cake eaten at once the Dhramn Diet pills were definitely not going to work. It happens to all of us. Caren Krutsinger January 24, 2019 at 4:21 PM Eunice, I was just explaining this to Michelle. It is one of those teeny tiny itsy bitsy box cakes.