Ponderous

from The Chippers by Rocky Sullivan, Psy.D.

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By the time I got to university,
You would never guess it when you look at me,
But I couldn’t have weighed anymore than eight stones,
A tiny little bugger made of skin and bones.
Late night, feasted on garbage; never exercised,
Pizza, beer, and cookies — they were my demise.
Friends and family said, “Whatcha gonna do?
When metabolism catches up with you.”

They said I’m ponderous,
That’s how they ponder us,
Don’t ever squander us,
Because we’re ponderous.

Shirts are getting tighter — maybe that’s the look,
Waist is getting wider from the food I cook,
The button on my fly burst off my pants,
The tiny little bugger never stood a chance.

Because I’m ponderous,
That’s how they ponder us,
Don’t ever squander us,
Because we’re ponderous.

Face is getting fatter, it’d hurt to smile,
But smiling hasn’t had to happen for a while,
When I look in the mirror, don’t know who I am,
A corpulent, disfigured slab of flabby ham.
When you called me ponderous, I took it well,
Pensive, intellectual, you didn’t tell,
The meaning of the adjective I love to hate:
Sluggish and clumsy from massive weight.

That’s why I’m ponderous,
That’s how they ponder us,
Don’t ever squander us,
Because we’re ponderous.

Thank God I’m ponderous,
That’s how they ponder us,
Don’t ever squander us,
Because we’re ponderous.

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from The Chippers, released April 19, 2024

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Rocky Sullivan, Psy.D. Oceanside, New York

With a head full of limericks and a belly full of potatoes, Mick Babe conscripted members of Bomb the Music Industry! and The Fad into The Rocky Sullivans, and they played Hibernian music stupidly fast and unnecessarily loud. Rocky Sullivan, Psy.D. is the band’s readeption. ... more

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