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It’s nine-thirty in the morning… do you know where your boss is? I can’t seem to find mine. :) Ah well, I’ve always been good at amusing myself.

That poem I mentioned a couple of days ago came out alright. Not great, but alright. I spiced it up with a little clipart. No, really. I put a little clip-art picture of a bathroom scale at the bottom of the poem. We’ll call this “Poetic Experimentation in Visual Rhetoric”. See, people? That’s how you can sound smart and say nothing of substance simultaneously. It’s all in the vernacular. *g*

Wanna see the poem? I haven’t decided yet (no one has, I think) whether the author posting their poem in a blog would constitute a first electronic publishing, thereby making any future sale a resell. That makes me a slight bit uneasy to post stuff up here. Not that I ~plan~ to try to sell this thing, but hey. Better to have the option and not use it, than to not have the option when you want it.

Ooh.. I think I’ve got it. Ladies and Gentlemen, I hereby present you with a ~draft~ of my latest poem. Keep in mind that this is only a draft, not a final document. Nothing wrong with sharing a draft, now, is there? (I mean it. Is there? I don’t know.)

Weighing In
(with my bathroom scale)

So smug, you sit. You little shit.
Your little slut-red finger pointing out my every slip
and every chip I couldn’t help but try.
And why? Do you derive some sick, satanic glee
from seeing me eat healthy greens
when all I want’s a little Dairy Queen?

One eighty-five you say today,
as I come to pray and weigh my M&M sins
against your black & white face.
And so I know you saw my late-night trip
slipped past your crouching shape in search
of the dessert I skipped just yesterday.

Is there no food you cannot see?
Am I doomed to brood in work-out rooms
and nibble snacks of whey and celery?
Alright, you win. I’ll try again.
I trudge away to dream of drudging weights,
flatter abs, and fewer calories.

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Comments are cool and all, but don’t feel obligated. It’s scheduled to be workshopped next Tuesday. Have a good day. :)