Sunday, 22 December 2024

22nd December 2024

 



high winds

the cover of our bicycle shed

unexpected kite


© Rachel Green December 2024


Slimmer World


My diet is fucked o'er Christmas fayre

the Yuletide table filled with tasty treats

with lack of will I can not yet prepare

to turn temptation from such sweeter meats.

A tin of ginger soldiers I declined

despite their hold upon my tongues desire

and Stollen cake in supermarket find

sets the glutton underneath my flesh afire.

I do my best to stick to simpler food

refrain from filling up my seasonal cart 

but end-of-season gatherings intrude

Black Cherry Gateaux and a chocolate heart.

But greatest falling-off-the-diet temptation

I eat a box of dates from far-off nation


© Rachel Green December 2024


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