Just a Piece of Lettuce and Some Lemon Juice, Thank You, Ogden Nash.

Just a Piece of Lettuce and Some Lemon Juice, Thank You.
by Ogden Nash.

The human body is composed
Of head and limbs and torso,
Kept slim by gents
At great expense,
By ladies, even more so.

The human waistline will succumb
To such and such a diet.
The ladies gnaw
On carrots raw,
Their husbands will not try it.

The human bulk can be compressed
By intricate devices,
Which ladies hie
In droves to buy
At pre-depression prices.

The human shape can be subdued
By rolling on the floor.
Though many wives
Thus spend their lives,
To husbands it’s a bore.

Though human flesh can be controlled,
We’re told, by this and that,
You cannot win:
The thin stay thing,
The fat continue fat.