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Declining Food

This can be a tough one, sisters …

Picture it:

You’re in the throes of Thanksgiving.

Much to your delight, someone else has done all of the cooking.

(A girl can dream, can’t she?)

So, you’re sitting pretty before a plate that is courteously clean …

nary a smudge of gravy left behind.

You’ve tried the turkey,

sampled the stuffing,

reveled in roasted veggies,

nibbled, noshed,

sipped, and sampled—

and, lo and behold,

you’re finished!

Now, here comes the hard part:

Your hostess,

beaming with benevolence,

says you must eat more, a little taste of this, oh, and you haven’t tried that.

Perhaps she’s already bearing down on you …

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