dire summit
“My right big toe is hurting
with a tight, throbbing pain.
Alas, I know neither the source
Nor where it could have began.
However, I know one thing
that absolutely is not
the source of my pain:
the dumbbell from my goblet squat.
It sits there atop my foot.
At 40 pounds, it’s light,
too insignificant to possibly be
the source of my plight .
Perhaps it was the cardio
I performed a day before.
Or maybe it could even be
that my diet is simply poor.
But pondering shall get me nowhere,
as my foot still feels a strain.
I shall resume my exercise now
and henceforth cease to complain.”
Baldur was pronounced dead soon after,
and the cause was immediately clear:
his entire body had been crushed
by the dumbbell he held so dear.
dawn frost