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Dear Diet

Dear Diet

                                          Dear Diet, Dear Diet -
                                          Where art thou ?
                                          I've tried and I've tried -
                                          but Holy Cow !

                                          If I cut back on this
                                          and cut back on that -
                                          And start on the treadmill
                                          I'll shed some fat.

                                          Or should I try Bow-flex
                                          or jog twice a day?
                                          Or walk fast like a robot -
                                          get out of my way.

                                          I wish I could get credit
                                          for as much as I've tried.
                                          But still twenty pounds over -
                                          I've laughed till I cried.

                                          There's a way to fix this -
                                          there's a way I think.
                                          A lock on the fridge
                                          and only water to drink.
          
                                          No food channel - no car
                                          to the drive-in to go.
                                          No newspaper to read
                                          all the coupons they show.

                                          No lunchin' with friends
                                          no cookouts and such.
                                          No late night snacks -
                                          that would be too much.

                                          And when all this happens
                                          wake me up from these dreams.
                                          Eatin' and drinkin' again -
                                          that's just life - so it seems.

Copyright © Jim Tosh | Year Posted 2019