Fat Chance Villanelle
Written by Dianne Young
A friend’s food consciousness can make life hell,
for when she plunges on a diet
you feel as if you’re dieting as well.
The look, the flavour, and the tempting smell:
you sit there taunting: “Go on, try it!”
a friend’s food consciousness can make life hell.
Her angry moods are difficult to quell.
First she’s irritable, then she’s quiet.
You feel as if you’re dieting as well.
She’s counting calories, every cell,
while you crave stodge, but she wont but it.
A friend’s food consciousness can make life hell.
“You’ve lost enough weight, as the scales can tell!
It’s growing obsessive; don’t deny it!”
You feel as if you’re dieting as well.
She mopes around, complains “I feel unwell!”
So you buy bacon and proceed to fry it.
A friend’s food consciousness can make life hell;
you feel as if you’re dieting as well.