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Dear Body

By Zara Michales

By Zara MichalesPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
Art by @Chalavie

Size Down

new gown

too Round

nip tuck

size up

obsessing

undressing

caressing

head messing

too much

don’t touch

hip lover

callout brother

turn around cover

jaw dropper

show stopper.

I wonder,

mirror mirror on the wall

who’s the fairest one of all?

Look and you shall see

many likes in the news feed?

Beauty be my guest

post your goodies up to the test.

I digress.

Slim shakes

fish flakes

sprout your cakes

all fakes

fuck sakes

now I’m hungry

roll the dice jumanji

in the jungle you must wait

until your waistline is 5 or 8

shit, I just ate!

Too late

so, I do my lunges

count down from one hundred.

Never enough

throwing up

glowing up

measure up

pain game

Vs

disdain

champion of shame

resurrect from the perfect

Vogue sections

wrong direction

no more skinny

go west yes, now it’s about Kimi

re invent, circumvent,

the 28 day lent

changing, fluctuating, fustrating

child Baring

mother caring

pulled apart

stretch mark

growth spurt

pretty hurts

skin glow

mood flow

greys show

Shh....

I know

go Slow

breathe in

listen in

tell your story

I’ll bare your worry

Dear body,

I’m sorry.

slam poetry

About the Creator

Zara Michales

Actor, Poet & Writer from Venice Beach California.

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