Help Her Keep Slim [rev.] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

A pixie lookalike Nici came home
with cap on her head - Dad said -
Are you staying or do you have a
date tonight?

Her reply, I'm going ice-skating
with Laptop Guy - if you feel I
cost too much to feed if I'm not
here when you prepare a plate

For me I'll eat elsewhere gladly;
immediately Dad faltered, sorely
defeated by her sharp acumen -
No dear, it's just that I'd like to

Know when you will be here; I
felt sympathy for him, she looks
the most adorable wee thing -
how can her Dad share his

Darling with the World at Large,
especially Justin & Eduard &
Wiehahn, Laptop Guy and
everyone else when he's

Last in the line of adoring
fellows; trying to tie her with
threats of starvation won't
even count - she sees

It a wonderful attempt to
help her keep slim!

[24 June 2014]