The Obesity Epidemic

By HalfDaft

Thu, 08 Oct 2015
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(To the tune of Somewhere Over The Rainbow)

 

Somewhere under my stomach, I'm quite thin
But you'd never know because I've got too much skin
Somewhere under my stomach, I'm petite,
It's just that all the ale and cakes are really indiscrete

Obesity's an epidemic
And the symptoms build and creep with every bite I eat
Where pounds pile on like building blocks
Away above the muffin tops, I'll have just one more sweet!

Somewhere under my stomach, I'm quite spry
Other people are quite healthy, why then, oh, why can't I?

If everyone can be fit and healthy
Why, oh why can't I?

Certificate U
Poem
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Comments

Submitted by scratch on

A light-hearted look at a heavyweight problem.

Welcome back to ABCtales HalfDaft.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Catching the frustration that is felt, especially when others think the problem should be so easy to address. Comfort eating in stress, or when having to hang around child-minding seems especially difficult. I liked Scratch's pun! Rhiannon