A carole for January
And all through the house, Nothing would fit me, Not even a blouse. The cookies I'd nibbled, The chocolate I'd taste And 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 marvellous 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. |
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Oh Mim, I love it!!! That sums it up perfectly! I'll drink my remaining eggnog and get rid of that too  |
| Very good Mim and oh, so true. |
| Oh yeah, we still have fruit cake! If it's dry I'll just pour more booze over it. Mim, your Christmas is in summer, so while your bathing suit may not fit, at least you aren't cooped up in a freezing cold house looking at the grey skies and windy weather thinking, "Cabin Fever." We all don't have a Chewie to drag our overstuffed butts across the snow. Still, the poem is wonderful! |
| Perfect Mim!! And TRUE! |
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