Pie Portions

In my mind, I imagine "finishing off" some food is to take the small portion that has been left to linger, lonely and neglected on the serving plate. This is the picture that I envisioned when I heard Jubal say, "Well, I guess I'm forced to finish off the pie." as he opened up the container of Mom's pumpkin pie left over from yesterday. What I saw in reality was Jubal heaping the last quarter of the dessert onto a paper plate bent under its weight. Then came the whipped cream, piled as high as the pie. Today I learned that measuring pie portions is all about perspective.




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