I Sing This Body!

a poem for all us large bodied girls

Jul 27, 2024

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I SING THIS BODY!

I am fat like a meringue,
fat like a flotation device.
The stranded villagers can cling to 
the great raft of my body--
I will swim them to safety.

This body, 
it is miraculous.

It stores up light and air
blood and gristly bones--
the butter fat the sweet
nougat centers,
oh! my sweet baby, 
oh! my roly-poly, 
my miracle body 
rollin…

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