Soon the Xmas season will be over

[Arvon]

Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house,
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse;
The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste;
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
Then I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).
I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared,
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared;
The wine and the rum balls; the bread and the cheese;
and the way I'd never said "no thank you please."
As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt,
and once again to battle with dirt,
I said to myself, as only I can,
"You can't I spend a winter disguised as a man!"
So away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruitcake, every cracker and chip.
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished.
'til all the additional ounces have vanished.
I won't have a cookie- not even a lick,
I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
I won't have hot biscuits, or cornbread, or pie,
I munch on a carrot and quietly cry.
I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore,
But isn't that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot,
Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet!

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Lol! [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img] ) That brightened my day a little!