Two week countdown

the trainer reminded us that
we have to weigh in on the 26th,
that she’ll pull out the evil
calipers, lifting our shirts
and measuring our remaining
rolls of fat, carefully recording
the numbers in our folders, comparing
their values with measurements
from last October when we started
this journey to fitness.
What I dread most is the tsk-tsk
she makes when she notes that
I have not lost any weight, nor have
I gained muscle mass.
Makes me almost want to
stop eating chocolate and drinking
wine for the next two weeks.
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