T'was just days before New Year's and all through the City,
There were holiday memories of meals not itty bitty.
The pie and the cake, the turkey and stuffing,
Had major repercussion of magnanimous puffing.
The plates had been placed on the tables with care,
Knowing hungry family soon would be there.
Grandma's mashed taters and cranberry jelly,
Were just part of the cause of an overgrown belly.
The parties and gatherings now mostly done,
Our thoughts must now be on diets begun.
As hard as it is, our minds must now turn,
To treadmills, ellipticals and calories to burn.
So if your excess gravy has caused waistline pollution,
And you're desperately looking for a New Year's solution,
Get in your car and to The OC you are bound,
To rid your bod of the pounds you've just found.
-Adapted by Rick Gardner
