SHE EATS LIKE A BIRD
Ma-in-law’s come for lunch today
and from the kitchen I hear her say:
‘I don’t want much dinner
I need to get thinner
It might sound absurd
But I eat like a bird’.
Having already cooked mountains of food
I grit my teeth and mouth something rude
and perceive her request as a bit of slur
if she eats like a bird then it’s fat balls for her.