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Subject: Twas the Month After Christmas
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  Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house, 
     Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. 

  The cookies I'd nibbled, the chocolate 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 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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