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| ***BIO*** Dagny Nogy resides in rural Pennsylvania with her husband and children. Her full-time job is being the maid, nurse, peacekeeper, role model, cook, dishwasher and a1 nagging mom to four wonderfully unruly children. In her moments off, she writes fiction and poetry. She’s been published at remark. and claims that she’s soon to have a poem or two published at high horse. |
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| Packing on the pounds |
| by Dagny Nogy |
| “She’s really packed on the pounds,” he said
...and I overheard. And although I had packed on twelve such pounds, I thought I looked good for having just had a baby. That bastard, I thought realizing that he’d just spoiled my lunch at the much-anticipated Fourth of July picnic. I dropped my half-eaten cheeseburger onto the Styrofoam plate where it could mingle with my pasta salad and baked beans. I’d nibble like a rabbit on the fresh fruit and lettuce instead. “Bye. Have a safe trip home,” I said later waving, a too-bright smile dimpling my overly-plump cheeks. As I cleaned up the after-party mess, popping some stale potato chips in my mouth and greedily chugging a non-diet Pepsi, I wondered if there were any brownies left as I hummed happily. Hey hey hey, goodbye. |
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| Oct. 2006 |
| 68 |