Dialogue
Before you start let me make it clear
That of course I’ve grasped the basics
Even more, the details
Perhaps the full fat feminist
Issue, adipose tissue
That’s lurking underneath here
Lumpy globules subcutaneous lying
Adhering to bones, obscuring the line
Hanging in rolls, bursting free, breaking out
Inflating the form, the figure, swelling fingers and feet
Fatness, obesity, the naming of names
Truth out, let’s admit it, from plumpness of child
Never an asset, embraced as a friend
Only ever a stand-off, some years of ceasefire
Truce when the diets and fad foods were binned
But candidly staring
Glaring in the glass
The enemy’s within
The fight never done
Observe if you will the yo-yo, the see-saw effect
Call it curvy, voluptuous
Call it plain fat
Brace up, face up
Which will it be?
Time for a change, what do you say?
Long overdue, late in the day
But surely now, somehow, the hour
To be glad to be grateful, to decide
To be me
Before you start let me make it clear
That of course I’ve grasped the basics
Even more, the details
Perhaps the full fat feminist
Issue, adipose tissue
That’s lurking underneath here
Lumpy globules subcutaneous lying
Adhering to bones, obscuring the line
Hanging in rolls, bursting free, breaking out
Inflating the form, the figure, swelling fingers and feet
Fatness, obesity, the naming of names
Truth out, let’s admit it, from plumpness of child
Never an asset, embraced as a friend
Only ever a stand-off, some years of ceasefire
Truce when the diets and fad foods were binned
But candidly staring
Glaring in the glass
The enemy’s within
The fight never done
Observe if you will the yo-yo, the see-saw effect
Call it curvy, voluptuous
Call it plain fat
Brace up, face up
Which will it be?
Time for a change, what do you say?
Long overdue, late in the day
But surely now, somehow, the hour
To be glad to be grateful, to decide
To be me
7th September, 2009, Hounoux
I love it, so very clever Sally, so very brave. You should sent it to Susie Orbach, she'd love it.
ReplyDeleteOh how this spoke to me! As someone whose metabolism always burned fast, I have been devastated to find that, since they zapped the last of my thyroid gland, the weight will just grow on me until I can't get into my jeans any more. And my nice blue suit is forever beyond me now - or rather my waistlne is way beyond it!
ReplyDeleteFor me the issue is to try and stay at one weight - whether other people think that's overweight or not doesn't matter - but I just can't afford 3 or 4 wardrobes of clothes!
Then of course there's the medicos,muttering away in the background - can I stave off the dreaded stattins by agreeing to a low-cholesterol diet?
Oh dear - I see - yes, you've already made yourself mistress of all these sorts of details. Oh well, perhaps you'll think it comforting to know that your sisters are right there with you in spirit - we all recognise your pain!
Much love,
Jenny