LET'S GET PHYSICAL (HUMOR, I HOPE)

In my blood cholesterol rages,

Causing geometric increase of my ages,

Measured by official cholesterol gauges.

I try to dissuade, disavow, and distract,

But the doctor restates with so little tact,

My health's in danger - and that's a fact.

So, I turn to food most decidedly lean,

Although this fare will turn me mean,

I suppose I can eat it, as long as it's green.

But, some night when I've had all the greens I can take,

And, the whole world's asleep, yet, I'm still awake,

I'll dine in the moonlight... on a blood red steak.

• Donovan Baldwin