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Extreme Sacrifice

Tears fall from a round cherub face Who feels her life is a big disgrace Who feels she is just a charity case Who takes up way too much space Who knocked over the hand painted vase From Italy Because she thought she was too obese An ugly savage beast And wanted her life to cease Because people liked to tease About her wanting the last piece Of pizza So she decided right there and then No more crash diets or Phen-Fen No more envying her friends No more rejections from men No more carrot sticks again She's starving Because she hates the way she looks And having to buy all those books Those diet gurus are crooks Playing on her emotions is the hook That reeled her in from her little nook She's miserable All 125 pounds of her was crying out For a way to escape right out From dejection and self doubt She just wanted to scream and shout She saw only one solution as a route Plastic surgery Because it was the only way To want to live another day Without having to hope and pray That she would not become afraid And slit her wrists with a razor blade Psychotherapy So a doctor she took herself to And guess what that quack wanted to do Rhinoplasty her nose into One like little Cindy Lou Who Said he’d make it like brand new She bought it Because her nose was to be done Next was her chin—it looked like a Cinnabon No wonder she was being shunned He said he’d spare her the dejection and give her a neck like an elegant swan She believed it Next was her breasts—they needed a lift The size does matter if you catch my drift Your popularity will benefit From putting some silicone in your tit Its quite exciting, you’ll have to admit She oohed Because her abs and butt were a terrible blight To leave them like that it would not look right They needed to look taut and tight What a plight! Liposuction would be a wonderful sight She aahed Surgery was schedule for tomorrow at dawn She didn’t see how she could do any wrong She went shopping and bought a new thong Her depression was gone She felt twice as strong Is she delusional? The surgery happened right on time Where’s the police-isn’t this a crime This girl looks absolutely fine What is flawed is just her mind Society has not been kind Is she to blame?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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