Lin said it was the region of my stomach
That caused my face to explode
I tried lying on the back deck
With the sun at ninety degrees
And Pounds on my side
Sophie gave me grey vitamins -
I just want to sit at home
I just want to resign
To become wilderness -
They didn't work
I have expelled from my skin
Territories that will forever remain
Part of this body, they will stain
Every inch of my soldierly frame -
"You have not gained weight"
"You have not found sex today?"
I just wanted to stay in the bath
With the oils and the salts and the sea
The second voice stroking operatic endings
Inhaling tragedy.
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It's sad how large of a role image can play in others minds, and how even larger a role our own image plays within our own minds. You have that laid out here quite nicely.
J
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