Visitors 


when my friends
announce they 
plan to visit 

I plan menus 
healthy food choices

multiple salads
low fat dressing

baked potatoes
without butter

buy seasonal strawberries
from the market truck

my friends
demand French fries,
creamy coleslaw

sour cream, butter, 
bacon bits on baked potatoes

real cream in the coffee
no diet soft drinks

my taste buds scream
for sensible food

until my friends compliment 
me on my weight loss

basking in the praise
I find it easier to diet

send my friends home
with doggy bags 
of forbidden food

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