Saturday, December 20, 2003

Today’s Word: Gluttony


Gluttony usually lies in a convenient place, like the kitchen junk drawer or the second freezer shelf; yes, right there behind the frozen peas and atop the fudge popsicles. But this time of year it garners an especial place upon the holiday table, round the myriad desserts camouflaged under their opaque cake tops. We swallow it down, mixed well with guilt and satisfaction, dismissing it with words like resolution and extra treadmill. Some years we leave it, stuffing the word back in the drawer, back in the freezer till next holiday (hotdogs and steaks on the Fourth perhaps). Other years it stays with us, hanging on, becoming that band of soft flesh hugging out middles, jiggling when we laugh and when we cry.

Why can't we put it down?

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