Naked

by David Sedaris

It had nothing to do with changing people — forget that, on a good day you’re lucky if you can talk someone into changing his socks.

You can’t brace yourself for famine if you’ve never known hunger; it is foolish even to try. The most you can do is eat up while you still can, stuffing yourself, shoveling it in with both hands and licking clean the plates, recalling every course in vivid detail.