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28<br />
Obesity<br />
-after Anorexia<br />
Not everyone is so skilled<br />
at American excess, not everyone<br />
can exist on overindulgence, carrying<br />
the burden of flesh. Hating<br />
the ponderous mounds of fat in every<br />
form - sagging belly, flapping<br />
under arms, extra size thunder<br />
thighs, but mostly those<br />
that mark her as corpulent -<br />
the ample fullness of hip<br />
and breast, she eats too<br />
much and poorly, a victim<br />
of modern times. Trying to<br />
maintain her femininity, but<br />
achieving only ugliness<br />
and despondence, in desperation<br />
she chooses the extreme step<br />
of purposeful mutilation. Men<br />
in white masks carefully<br />
slice and prod at her<br />
excessive body, beginning<br />
the process of shaping her new<br />
physique, of helping her no longer<br />
be a throwaway woman.<br />
by Alice Jones<br />
Poetry<br />
1st Place<br />
Traveler
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