Bene, bene
2013/11/17 Eric Rex <[email protected]> > The Battle of the Bulge > By Robert W. Service<http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-w-service> > This year an ocean trip I took, and as I am a Scot > And like to get my money’s worth I never missed a meal. > In spite of Neptune’s nastiness I ate an awful lot, > Yet felt as fit as if we sailed upon an even keel. > But now that I am home again I’m stricken with disgust; > How many pounds of fat I’ve gained I’d rather not divulge: > Well, anyway, I mean to take this tummy down or bust, > So here I’m suet-strafing in the > Battle of the Bulge. > > No more will sausage, bacon, eggs provide my breakfast fare; > On lobster I will never lunch, with mounds of *mayonnaise.* > At tea I’ll Spartanly eschew the chocolate *éclair;* > Roast duckling and *pêche melba* shall not consummate my days. > No more nocturnal ice-box raids, midnight spaghetti feeds; > On slabs of *pâté de foie gras *I vow I won’t indulge: > Let bran and cottage cheese suffice my gastronomic needs, > And lettuce be my ally in the > Battle of the Bulge. > > To hell with you, ignoble paunch, abhorrent in my sight! > I gaze at your rotundity, and savage is my frown. > I’ll rub you and I’ll scrub you and I’ll drub you day and night, > But by the gods of symmetry I swear I’ll get you down. > Your smooth and smug convexity, by heck! I will subdue, > And when you tucker in again with joy will I refulge; > No longer of my toes will you obstruct my downward view ... > With might and main I’ll fight to gain the > Battle of the Bulge. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
