Troll's Lament

Norty Norty Troll
Snuffled and truffled buttered toast
Heaps of soft brown sugar
and a packet of M&Ms
that R left carelessly on a chair
Troll is not sorry
No not I

Norty Norty Troll
Tomorrow Troll shall be punished
She calls it a Fast
I don't see what's fast about it
Time rolls slowly slowly by
on a day with
no FOOD

Diet Scenes

Scene 1;  On the plane coming back from Sweden

JC is staring intently at a pen, its appearance, everything he can impose upon it, its story, right back to the beginning.

Me:   Can I have your biscuits if you don't want them?

JC:     Yes.  Do you need them?

Me:    Definitely not

JC:     Who wants them?

Me:  (Leans across and sings in his ear in Troll voice not my own) 'I'm a Troll   foldy roll'

JC   (laughs)  Do you want them?

Me;  No (did not, and did not eat them).





Scene 2;  Calling up the stairs to R

Me;  Have you got any sweets, I need sweets

R      No

Me   No?  How can that be possible?  Please please just one, I really want SWEETS

R     Do you want calories?

Me  No (stopped begging and went away)