Chubby Cheeks

Those were the days,

they said he was healthy,

when he was a baby,

said he was plump,

when he was a boy,

but now, they whispered,

oh how fat is he.

he cycled to work,

walked about for errands,

always the stairs, never the lift,

whatever he may lose,

his weight never lost him.

he looked at himself,

and at people around,

some were like him,

many were not,

he looked more, 

closing his eyes,

he cribbed and flipped,

pulled at his hair,

banged his head,

and,

with all this movement

he fell from his bed.

fell flat on his stomach,

and probably bounced once,

and then, unexpectedly,

he burst out in laughs

now who could have 

enjoyed such a fall,

only me, only me.