i stand on
the scale
as the doctor
looks me up and down
"you've gained weight. thats good"
no
no i havent
ive thinned in fact
but you will never know that
because what has grown
are the amount of weights
around my ankles
on my wrists
and in my pockets

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melatonin
Poetrysome more poetry that ive written (consider it a part 2 to caffeine.)
dead weight
i stand on
the scale
as the doctor
looks me up and down
"you've gained weight. thats good"
no
no i havent
ive thinned in fact
but you will never know that
because what has grown
are the amount of weights
around my ankles
on my wrists
and in my pockets