this is your LAST ISSUE

a little ironic what came in the mail today.

(speaking of weight loss magazines…)

…and you know what?

That's as far as it got opened.

My last issue of Runner's World

We're parting ways my short (yet-too-long) lived friend.

Although running and I said goodbye back in June, 

the beauty of "subscriptions" are…

they keep showin' up on your doorstep

without permission

I ripped open the top of that sucker just to make sure

I read that correctly.

Indeed, This is my last issue.

It didn't even make it out of the plastic.

I didn't even need to open it.

I knew nothing in there would benefit me,

not even a pretty picture.

The old is gone the new is now.

Maybe someday it will have a place in my future,

but that someday is a distant day.

Not now.

You know the funny thing is,

aren't runners generally "fit" to begin with?

Why do they need a weight loss issue?

Isn't the key to just… run?

Do we really need to activate the active even more?

No. The editors are just smart

They know that anyone will look at that headline,

and pay four dollars thinking they bought

the key to life, 

weight loss.

Even better, they have a perfectly toned and airbrushed model 

demonstrating their "weight loss" issue.

excuse me Runner's World but her belly button has been 

drawn practically 4 inches below her boobs,

that ain't the real deal. 

i-yae-yae.

Society.

here's to now,

here's to yoga,

here's to my unaltered bellybutton,

and here's to last issues,

C