A Politically Incorrect Write About Obese Kids
A Politically Incorrect Write About Obese Kids
By Elton Camp
Many obese kids is a development new
When I was a child, fat ones were few
TV, video games & computers didn’t exist
Seldom a day of outside play was missed
Moving about a youngster’s day was spend
He walked or pedaled wherever he went
Games outside made the child’s day
For in front of a TV he couldn’t lay
Schools had recess and physical ed
Against exercising nothing was said
Political correctness hadn’t been born
A fat kid was ridiculed & left forlorn
As a teenager, he must be normal weight
Or there was almost no chance of a date
Today’s standards says this is not fair
Yet, an obese kid was extremely rare
Let’s see who’ll say that I’m too hard
On the youngster who’s a tub of lard
(Obviously I recognize that there are rare cases where childhood obesity is due to some disease and beyond the child or parent's control. This write does not address such cases.) |