For every kind of problem
I’m sure there are solutions
But I don’t put much confidence
In New Year’s Resolutions
Though I’ve proposed a couple
To which you might relate
I’ve promised to grow older
And resolved to gain some weight
Last year I sowed more guarantees
That even I could reap
This year I made commitments
It won’t be hard to keep
But though my pledge to let things go
Is valid and long lasting
I thought I might just take a chance
On intermittent fasting
This diet can be followed by
The genius or the fool
Everything is edible
There’s just a single rule
You put aside the pleasure
Of the knife, the fork, the spoon
And not consume a morsel
Between 8 PM and Noon
I’ll only have 8 hours
To perform my daily eating
So please expect, around the clock
Some pretty cranky tweeting
Assuming I have discipline
And stick to my intentions
I may apply the principle
And muster more abstentions
If this works out the way I hope
I have no problem stating
I may abstain from watching
Next week’s Democrats debating
As a poet-pundit
Yes, I know I really ought
But I’m sure that their opinions
Will bring little food for thought
