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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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Scale

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00If I could only see the scale,02br
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00I'n sure that it would state02br
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00That I've lost ounces ... maybe pounds02br
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00Or even tons of weight.02br
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00"You'd better eat some pancakes--02br
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00You're skinny as a rail." 02br
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00I'm sure that's what the scale would say ...02br
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00If I could see the scale.02br
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00Hi,02br
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00The above is a poem by Shel Silverstein, and I've to teach it to my student. Nevertheless, I don't have the slightest idea of what it's about. Could some poetry guru shed some light? Thanks.0-
  

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02br 00The speaker is weighing herself. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00The speaker is weighing herself.
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00The speaker is weighing herself. (I use the female pronoun only for convenience.) She is confident that she has lost weight-- in fact, a LOT of weight!-- but she cannot actually read the amount lost because she is so fat that she cannot see her weight measurement on the scale ( the scale is the type of scale that has the weight indicator at one's feet).02br
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0Thanks, Mister.02br
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00Now I get it. You're my mentor!0-
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