The Bathroom Scales

Out of sight may be better.

The Bathroom Scales

 

By Elton Camp

 

There they are, just daring us to step on

And see which way our weight has gone

 

The bathroom mirror shows the sad fact

But the authority of a read-out it does lack

 

And while in there we are entirely out of luck

Ten pounds for clothing cannot try to deduct

 

But we can still imagine there’s some defect

That what the scales say is not really correct

 

Finally we step on, dreading how they may read

And, sure enough, it isn’t what we hope or need

 

So, we resolve that much harder we will try it

And this time we will carefully follow our diet

 

But until we have enough time to lose some weight

It’s better to put the scales in the garage in a crate