flaming jewels

Skinny Girl

i know the boys say
/no fat chicks/
but i still wish i wasn't so skinny

(and i don't like those boys anyhow)

i hate my body how my hip bones
stick out like
the rockers on a chair
or a cradle

i feel like my body's a grave

something shallow
waiting
to be filled and mourned

i'm too thin too hard
to withstand
(such soft wet) love

and i know the wedge of boys' lust
will only deepen
my narrow emptiness.

jewel@gleeful.com
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