Daver Austin Poet Free verse

Restricted Diet - Journal X

RESTRICTED DIET –
JOURNAL IX

When digestion
falters
One’s favorite
dishes become an
internal poison
The ancient is
forced to start a
restricted diet –
No more pizza,
mashed potatoes and
gravy,
      French fries

It seems all the
really rich, tasty
foods are
      Forbidden
When we cheat,
overeat, stomach’s
revenge is
      severe
Constipation grips
the old hind
quarters like
       a nagging
wife,
or gas inflates the
gut to beach ball
proportion

Ah though, everyone
has a perfect
solution –
      prune juice,
the gluten-free,
fiber to name
      a few
These might furnish
temporary relief,
but, alas,
      nothing proves
lasting
The release of gas
often proves one of
life’s             
      most precious,
enjoyable moments
In these last few I
vow a stoic
acceptance
 
C

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Anna-Marie Docherty July 29, 2014 at 1:34 AM Educatingly hilarious but not so funny to those in their suffering I dare say..., nor those around you it is likely when your deliverance comes... haha... good write!

Andrea Dietrich July 23, 2014 at 7:11 PM Hi, Daver, thanks for your visit to my poems today!!

Andrea Dietrich July 22, 2014 at 6:11 PM haha, how you accepted it. THAT was so great, Daver!!! Oh, you make me so fearful of putting on twenty more years!!!

Charmaine Chircop July 22, 2014 at 3:38 PM A very entertaining poem-You made my night :.)