Hurry Up and Weight
I’ve lost my balance,
dropped my core.
My body needs
adjusted score.
I’d like to linger in
my bunk.
Alas, I’m in a
fitness funk.
Free exercise sounds
like a cinch,
A cheap solution in a
pinch,
As iron glutes and
steely abs
Fall feebly to folds
and flabs.
Of course, exertion
may be best.
Well, duh, it’s time
to leave the nest.
The scale might tip. The
dial may spin.
It’s time to reel the
waistband in.
The days grow dank,
and skies are dim.
My exercising oomph
is grim.
Who will enable me to
skip,
Forgo the program,
jumping ship?
Perhaps it’s time to
pack it up,
Toss in the towel,
spill the cup.
My attitude may need
a shift.
Thank God for friends
who lend a lift.
c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson
This poem was posted in response to these prompts:
ABC
Wednesday: “I” or “iron”
Mad Kane
Humor: “bunk”
Meme
Express: “pack it up”
Simply
Snickers: “nest” and “best”
Three
Word Wednesday: “cinch,” “dank,” and “enable”
Thursday
Challenge: “cheap”
Image/s:
Vintage/public domain image.
I'd give a lift,
ReplyDeleteBut not so strong
Enough to budge
(You're as a throng!)
But just to kid,
Don't fret that scale.
You know you don't weigh
As no whale!
Oh god, don't I feel that way often! With a bad back (had a triple spinal fusion almost 8 years ago and looking forward (sarcasm) to another one in the near future. I can walk 15 minutes and then I need to sit. So don't fret, as I'm sure you are doing just fine!
ReplyDeleteLeslie
abcw team
Fun verse! Thanks for joining my Limerick-Off, albeit without a limerick. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with leslie on this one. i can't stand for 5mins max. then my lower spinal area goes into spasm, causing excrutiating pain. I've seen one of the top spinal surgeons, who reckons I would only ha a 50/50 chance of recovery, the down side would cause paralysis! as Leslie said, to quote"So don't fret I'm sure you're doing just fine"!
ReplyDeleteWise advice from a very wise lady.
Best wishes,
Di.
ABCW team.
Nice post and fine choice for this weeks letter.... a term which can used in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice ABC-day / – week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (ABC-team)
http://melodymusic.nl/abc-wednesday-9-i/ -
Hey, I did IRON in the INTRO!
ReplyDeleteLooks painful...
ROG, ABCW