Ode to Indian buffet
O Indian buffet, how I have missed thee!
In my dieting days, I shunned your gleaming tables
Filled with heaps of curry, rice and naan
For I knew that the pleasures would be sweet
But the penance (and the tormented calorie logging) would follow.
Now that I am pregnant, all this has changed.
Still I count calories,
but now I can say YES.
Yes to your gleaming stainless tables
Yes to scoops of all your delicious dishes
Yes to that strange clump of fried vegetable patties
Yes to the dessert section
YES YES YES!
YES to Athidi,
YES to Turmeric,
YES to the dosa shop around the corner that keeps changing management
YES to the Spice Hut
YES to that new dosa shop on Wolfe & Old SF
YES YES YES! ... ' til the end of December, that is
In my dieting days, I shunned your gleaming tables
Filled with heaps of curry, rice and naan
For I knew that the pleasures would be sweet
But the penance (and the tormented calorie logging) would follow.
Now that I am pregnant, all this has changed.
Still I count calories,
but now I can say YES.
Yes to your gleaming stainless tables
Yes to scoops of all your delicious dishes
Yes to that strange clump of fried vegetable patties
Yes to the dessert section
YES YES YES!
YES to Athidi,
YES to Turmeric,
YES to the dosa shop around the corner that keeps changing management
YES to the Spice Hut
YES to that new dosa shop on Wolfe & Old SF
YES YES YES! ... ' til the end of December, that is