Making it Through August

Posted by John Hewitt on August 19, 2007 under Poems | Read the First Comment

I am
Sweaty
Grimy
Fat
Angry
Just getting up in the morning

I want this month to end
Before I say or do something I'll regret
I can't have a good day at work
Or even a decent day at home
When I start out wanting to disappear
Run to the north
Run to the forest
Just keep running until I am
Dry
Clean
Thin
Happy
Ready to deal with all the people
I don't want to see

I keep getting up
And hoping for one truly great
Piece of news to get me out of this funk
But at this point
I would settle for no bad news
For just a few days
Of life not going wrong

The Curse of Low Cholesterol

Posted by John Hewitt on August 5, 2007 under Poems, Poetry | 2 Comments to Read

The thin balding doctor
Brilliant they say
Flush with his degree
From the University of Nevada - Reno
Tut-tuts me about my weight
And runs all of usual tests
Extracts and measures my blood
To confirm that my fatness
Is killing me
But my cholesterol is low
Not high
Too low
He tells me
The good cholesterol
Has nary a toehold
In my system
Diet and exercise
You self-deluded porker
To raise your cholesterol
And so I am stuck either way
High or low
Good or bad
The answer is diet and exercise
And the question is
How do you make the next few years
Of your life
As tedious as possible