I sat in a cafe an ate a cake I knew I had too <br />because I was getting as thin as a rake. <br />'As thin as a rake' my Mother said if you don't <br />eat more you will soon be dead; so I sat an <br />thought about what she had said. <br />I sat for hours puzzling what to do, then Dad <br />started shouting 'have you finished in the loo. <br />I have to get to work, I don't have time to fuss <br />and because of you I have missed my bus! <br />I came home from that cafe called The Greasy Spoon <br />The one where the jukebox plays the same tune. <br />I rushed to the loo because I felt ill, then I remembered <br />my birth control pill. I have forgotten to take it for days <br />on end, so now I've got my boyfriend to defend. <br />Mum said I was getting as thin as a rake, maybe her <br />eye sights bad and she has made a mistake. <br />When you first get pregnant do you start to lose weight, <br />Cor Blimey mate my heads in a state. <br />Can I spare the cash for a pregnancy test, I surpose I <br />better because my brain won't rest. <br />There's a queue at the chemist half a mile long because <br />there's a man up the front the size of King Kong. <br />If the shop was bigger the man could get out, what a <br />shame is so stout.Shops were not made for people like <br />him, cor I aint half glad I'me wafer thin. <br />My test is positive what do I do now, cry to my Dad like <br />a poor old cow. Life is for living so some people say and <br />Iv'e had my cake and ate it, now I'me to pay. <br />I will be a mother in less than six months and I'me kept <br />by the goverment and claiming the bunts.<br /><br />sylvia spencer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-girly-tale/