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Submitted to Contest #75
Every year, Joan gets fatter and more depressed. She tries her very best and yet it seems to barely slow her downhill descent. Every year, Joan resolves to get fitter, shed a few pounds, get a promotion, and get her life on track. Every year they are the same resolutions, and none of them ever seem to get done. When Joan was younger, she felt the world was her oyster and she only had to slurp it. Now she is older and it’s just an oyster and the salty after taste and an ugly shell is all she has left. She tries! Oh how Joan tries. But the rat...
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