On the Diet

no bacon
gut achin’

ice cream
left scene

faux “no thankies”
hide my crankies

supplement
doesn’t dent

appetite
up all night

low-cal goop
messy poop

fart unseen
gas ‘o lean

loss goal
takes toll

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Date: 11/7/2016 9:14:00 PM
Lol, thanks for making me laugh lim'rik! Sorry for your having no bacon with your gut achin, but you don't want to be heart attack'in!:)
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Date: 11/8/2016 8:43:00 AM
for sure! ;-)
Date: 11/3/2016 10:14:00 AM
tastes bland--like sand...tum aches--for bakes...labels--fables...more please--for me's...I quit--this sh--
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Date: 11/4/2016 10:58:00 PM
my fave? labels-fables :-):-):-0 diet or no! Oh yeah, the ending couplet is great as well
Date: 11/3/2016 9:03:00 AM
hahaha.... this is so very true the silliness that comes out of true nature of the body epically as we get older.... good one Hugs Eve
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Date: 11/4/2016 10:57:00 PM
So my muscle turns to fat AND silliness? ;-) huggerpoos! ~ j
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