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01-01-2018 07:59 AM
AFTER CHRISTMAS POEM
Author Unknown
'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.
When 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 prepared once again to do battle with dirt.
I said to myself, as I only can,
"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"
So--away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished,
'Till 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 corn bread, or pie,
I'll 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!
01-01-2018 08:17 AM
Exactly!!! Good one!
01-01-2018 11:37 AM
Thanks for posting,
01-01-2018 02:42 PM
😅 Too cute and sometimes too true, Gloria! 😁
Thanks for sharing and a happy, healthy New Year to you.
01-01-2018 03:33 PM
That was too funny and unfortunately hit home
01-05-2018 05:27 PM
01-06-2018 04:19 PM
Happy New Year @gloriajean
Cute poem
01-06-2018 04:42 PM
Hi Gloriajean. Happy New Year to you and the sweet babies.
01-06-2018 06:25 PM
01-08-2018 07:39 PM
Love this! Thanks for sharing.
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