The Decision

they both decided to lose
their last five pounds, the ones
which encircle a beautiful
woman’s waist, interrupt
the long fine curve down
her back, the ones that have
to go before they call out
for others to join them in
the next decade or two.
this all decided while doing
walking lunges and hamstring
curls, crunches and leg presses.
the plan of attack, from how to
resist the animal crackers in a
colleague’s office to how to not
eat the whole box of chocolate
in one sitting, from diet logs
to nutrition tables, from support
emails to reward systems.
it’s late tonight and as surely
as I look longingly at the box
of cookies in the pantry, she is
wishing she had not eaten
every piece of Belgian chocolate
last night.

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