In a Minute
I stopped at a drive-through on my way home, thinking I’d
get a fish sandwich and small fries.
“I’ll have a Gut Buster with bacon, a vat
of tater tots with cheese, and a cherry pie,” I said when it was my turn to
order. “Oh, and a diet Coke.”
When I finished my meal, I tallied up the calories. Whatever
good I’d done at the gym, I’d undone and then some.
“I’ll have a small salad for dinner,” I said to the steering
wheel.
‘The shock absorbers
asked me to remind you there’s a limit to how much weight they can bear,’ I imagined
the steering wheel answering.
My workout had taken 90 minutes of sweat and effort. I had
devoured my lunch in ten, sitting in my car, listening to the radio.
“Good done in an hour can easily be undone in a minute” I said
to the wheel, remembering a guy who’d lost 23 years of sobriety, his 30 year
marriage, and his business in one weekend.
Today I’ll remember good done in an hour can easily be undone in
a minute.
Summer with the Slug
Rats © 2020 by Ken Montrose
Summer with the Slug
Rats is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone
you might know is purely coincidental.
Other works
by Ken Montrose are available at:
https://www.pinterest.com/kenmontrose/mt-rose/
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