Constant angry stares from the calories table,
the small pack of crisps burns
in your stomach.
Crisps give you a love handle, they say.

Too many fruit meals makes
it difficult to think or see.
You decide to go jogging anyway
Persistence is the key, they say.

The next morning, they will find you
in the sports ground, lying
next to an advertisement of Perfect Shape.
What a tragedy, they will all say.