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Poetry: Body image

by Sarah Martin

Happy to be 'big'.

Ribs visible and a sixteen inch waist,
Her shapely body must have been misplaced.
This five stone delight the TV presents,
She doesn't eat, she just takes her supplements.

She walks the walk in her size 0 clothes,
How she stays upright nobody knows.
Her diet consists of an egg white and some pills,
This skeleton; a role model for Beverly Hills.

When I look in the mirror I see me,
A real human body I think you'll agree.
So for once i'm happy to say i'm "in between",
And being anorexic isn't pretty like you see on the screen.

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