When I set out at the beginning of the year to lose weight and get in shape, I made a goal for myself: get down
That’s what the scale said this morning when I stepped on it. 50 pounds lost. I stepped on it a few more times to make
So, I’ve been overweight for a while. I was a solid 6-feet 185 pounds in college. Gained some weight in law school. And then steadily
Against this immensity of scale
the years of my life measure
as nothing
A fleeting thought in the
memory of the earth
Our entire race of men
a footnote in the chronicles
of the rock and stone.