by Blair Worthington

Created on: April 11, 2011

I walked swiftly past the table

stationed by the storefront door

when a gaggle of girls in green berets

came running toward me, blocked the way.

“Would you buy some cookies, please?”

In unison, they asked.

Don’t look them in the eye, I thought.

Just keep on walking…fast!

My waistline seemed to offer up,

a reminder that spoke the truth:

“You’ve tightened up,

by not giving in,

to that irksome, annoying sweet tooth!”

On the other hand, a voice sang out

from deep inside my mind,

“Those scrumptious cookies appear

but once a year…

If you want them, now’s the time!”

“We have lemon, we have mint and we have shortbread, too…”

Chimed a trio of diminutive Girl Scouts,

no taller than 4’2”.

By now my legs could carry me no faster,

nor further away…

So, I decided to buy a box of each type,

and save willpower for another day!

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