Of One Stone I Sing

Thus begins Doctor-playing Charlie

"Here's the thing...

for those who read not
and wonder less,
lack discern/refine-ment
intellect, finesse;

boredom

a symptom is-
of an atrophied imagination.

Whose definitive diagnosis
confirmed can be,
when an excess
of tube-glued hours
couple to a deep desire
to shed ten pounds
without expenditures
of sweat/effort/time
is observed and noted.

Consulted have I with
the powers that be,
and the solution-hook
they would not me let off-
til the answer came so
laughingly simple...

Conserve both effort and time,
no more trouble than a pimple,
and in one swift, smart stroke,
just up and cut your head off."