{"id":5457,"date":"2019-10-05T22:06:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T22:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/on-line-interactivity.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/05\/le-poem-de-la-sweat\/"},"modified":"2019-10-05T22:06:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T22:06:27","slug":"le-poem-de-la-sweat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/on-line-interactivity.com\/blog\/le-poem-de-la-sweat\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Poem De La Sweat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><body>&#13;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/on-line-interactivity.com\">&#13;<br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/on-line-interactivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/abbtop.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"120\"\/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.website.ws\/kvmlm2\/my.dhtml?sponsor=geekzonehostingcom&amp;bannercode=gif002&amp;language=english\"><img 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<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"19\">\n<div align=\"justify\"><span class=\"style2\">by: &#13;<br \/>\n                <font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#FB7014\">Ed Williams<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"12\"><span class=\"style2\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>I made a bad mistake a couple of weeks ago and got into a discussion about poetry with my good friend, Henry County Herald columnist Amy Eason. Amy likes poems, and was telling me all kinds of stuff about them in an effort to convince me that I should like them as well. She was fighting an uphill battle because I typically don\u0092t like poetry at all, in fact, the only thing I can imagine that\u0092s worse than poems would be having Perry Como sing a few of them to me. Nonetheless, she made me promise that I would try to write one, and, that if I did, I\u0092d come to understand just how rewarding composing them can be. Based on her powers of persuasion, and the added incentive of a twenty dollar side bet, I\u0092m going to unveil my first, and I guarantee you, my absolutely last poetic offering. This tender epistle goes as follows:&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Le Poem De La Sweat&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>I sit here at my keyboard fair,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Sweat beads streaking through my hair,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>I just got home from working out at the gym,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>In a very vain effort to get fit and trim.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>I wonder why it has to be this way,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Joints a-hurtin\u0092 and old legs that sway,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>I\u0092m breathing so hard, it\u0092s like a monsoon,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>I\u0092m sure I could inflate a hot air balloon.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>As I worked out, I looked all around,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Amazed at the different type people I found,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>I cussed the skinny people who don\u0092t break a sweat,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>The more they eat, the thinner they get.&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>It doesn\u0092t seem right, yet what can I do,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>They\u0092re still real skinny, but my stomach\u0092s all goo.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>And there\u0092s a big guy, who\u0092s puffing like me,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>His sweatpants are too small, his gut I can see,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>When he bends over to pick up some weights,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>I think of full moons, the association I hate.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>To my right is a lady, she works hard and tries,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>No weight in her chest, but lots in her thighs,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>She\u0092s standing there eyeing the sit-up bench,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>If she lays down on it, we may need a wench.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Right straight ahead is a real foxy mama,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Her tan lines remind me of the Bahamas,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Her work-out outfits couldn\u0092t be more tiny,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>If she makes a quick move, I might glimpse her heiny.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>As for me, I\u0092m on a Stairmaster,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>A pretty good recipe for an impending disaster,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>My legs are feeling like concrete poles,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>If my brain were x-rayed, it\u0092d be full of holes.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>One minute goes by, then two, then three,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>The water gods are all calling out to me,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>My chest feels tight, my eyes feel glazed,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>If I don\u0092t throw up, I\u0092ll be mega amazed.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I finish, and I can go home,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>And sit my butt down, to finish this poem,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Amy, my dear, I enjoyed this plenty,&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Now break out your purse and slip me that twenty.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Well, hmmmm. You know, I\u0092ve gotta be honest here, Amy may be right. Poetry does bring out a tender, compassionate side within me that I never knew I had. To be totally truthful, I really struggled hard from an emotional standpoint while writing this poem, in fact, tears almost came to my eyes several times, but, I fought them off in order to do my literary duty. I guess I\u0092ve sort of become a true Renaissance man, scripting out tender verses like these. It makes me feel pretty good inside, to tell you the truth. I would go further, and maybe get into some pretty heavy dialogue about philosophy or religion, but I can\u0092t right now. I happen to be writing this on a Monday night, and RAW is WAR is about to come on. And, as we all know, even a true Renaissance man like me can\u0092t miss out on seeing Triple H in action&#8230;&#13;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#dddddd\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><b>About The Author<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ed\u0092s latest book, \u0093Rough As A Cob,\u0093 can be ordered by calling River City Publishing toll-free at: 877-408-7078. He\u0092s also a popular after dinner speaker, and his column runs in a number of Southeastern publications. 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