sneak in the night caught
by cctv
burst out of their denim
streak of fat become the norm
says chief medical officer
with a dickie bow smile
yes they say we have freedom
in our free country
just don't smoke don't drink don't grow old
©Philip Johnson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26765078
Philip Johnson's poetry has reviously appeared in: Poetry 24, The Ugly Tree; Poetry Scotland,
Emergency Verse, Write Away, Caught In The Net, Red Pencil, Writer's Hood, Transparent Words; Emergency Verse and The Robin Hood Book.
