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Frail bodyTiny bonesFleshlessIs ultimate.
Start small,Skip lunches2 meals a dayIs enough.
Self controlBreakfast uselessIf dinnerIs inevitable.
From barbies to iphones,
From bare face to makeup,
From ignorance to education,
From spending my parents money to not wanting to spend $7 on a shirt,
My fingers trace the vinly table tops
Eyes peeking out over the tops of too big glasses
Sitting in a too big room
The teacher keeps talking
My fingers trace the vinly table tops
Eyes peeking out over the tops of too big glasses
Sitting in a too big room
The teacher keeps talking
Until I was fourteen I felt fine--
Good, great, and better than
I ever knew I could feel because in the moment,
I am not who I used to be.
Being slower or taking my time.
Making excuses.
Being Clueless or choosing not to speak up.
Knowing or doing.
I could no longer order off a kid’s menu at a sea resort
Now that I was ten
It seemed almost tragic then
To have my childhood cut short
Never to be seen again.
