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Poetry: Struggling with weight

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  by Carol Gioia

  I fight the war
  But never win
  the consuming battle
  To be thin

  A diet of will power
  And exercise addiction
  Results in no cure
  For

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• 2 of 30

  by Gemineye

  She's gone to weightwatchers yet again
  There's ten big women, and five large men
  They stand rotund on strengthened scales
  If

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  by Amy Rich

  Holding On

  Mirror, mirror, on the wall
  One little look and you steal it all
  What I see does not look small
  Holding on, about

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  by Mary MacDonald

  SWALLOWED PAIN
  Seeing her tremendous girth,
  I understand her worth.
  She strains to move, to breathe, to live.
  I share her truth.

  Her

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  by R Marie Taylor

  A cute little half pint;
  sashayed past our table.

  My appetite was ruined -
  Enjoy the meal?
  I simply wasn't able...

  For a moment,

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Poetry: Struggling with weight