Don’t tell, but
I suspect I am responsible
for them putting a stop to the office’s
Bagel Wednesdays.

People were all into it
at first
but most eventually slowed down
on their bagel consumption
while I kept plowing away
at eating bagels by the hour
on the Hump Day.

By the end of the week
if there were still bagels around
I felt it was my responsibility
to clean the office kitchen
by taking the leftovers home with me
and consuming them over the weekend.

They rarely lasted until Friday, though.

I suspect that when they saw the bagel spread
was proving to be Jon’s personal carbohydrate display
the caterers-that-be grew tired of the expense,
and put a stop to it.

Perhaps if I’d been less flagrant in my consumption,
less voluble in my chomping,
I could have made the whole experience last longer.

It hardly matters.

I was later canned for unbagelled reasons,
and the company is now nonexistent.