Calories

Stopped at Starbucks – wanted cake.
Boy, that was a huge mistake!
Lemon pound cake, by the slice,
Lookin’ fresh and oh, so nice!
‘Til I glanced upon its ticket:
490 calories – they can stick it!

Listen, I do have a brain:
Eat fat foods and weight you’ll gain;
But shoving numbers in my face
To me, is just a real disgrace.
Let me enjoy my little splurge
When by and by, I get the urge.

I want to eat my cake in peace.
One slice will not make me obese.
Those calorie counts are for the fools
Who disregard the basic rules:
Watch the fattening foods you eat
And on occasion, have a treat.

Then ignore the calorie count,
But if it has a high amount,
Go someplace else – get on your mark –
Where numbers are left in the dark!