AN ODE TO MYSELF

A LONG AGO NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION FROM COLLEGE DAYS!

My alarm goes off, I greet the dawn.

With a lazy sigh and a big wide yawn.

I step to the floor and slowly rise,

Stretching and yawning and rubbing

my eyes.

I walk to my closet and begin to frown.

What do you wear when your short

and round?

I look in the mirror and see layers of fat,

And wave good-bye to the guy in the

frat.

I walk to my bed and crawl back in;

'Cause in my dreams I'm gorgeous

and thin.

My skirts and my blouses fit just right,

and none of my pants stretch too

tight!

Sleek and slender in a long black gown,

I wear all smiles and never a frown.

Oh! that sleep brings such happy bliss!

I'm in his arms enjoying his kiss.

And then I wake up and the dream is gone.

I t's another day and another dawn.

Time to drop this 'ball and chain,'

And make my loss my gorgeous gain!