Skinny

Look at me Skinny as a stick Railroad thin I don't see that I see fat 135 pounds Is what they see 195 pounds Is what I see Mirror, why do you lie to me?

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Simone Segal

Date: 11/28/2009 2:12:00 AM

Nice poem, take a look at my poem, What you see in The Mirror, love Simone

James Fraser

Date: 8/8/2009 6:43:00 AM

Nice write Roxie>>James

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 2/14/2009 4:30:00 PM

My goodness, Roxie, didn't you know that mirrors ALWAYS lie! And 135 pounds is not fat, unless you're 4'5". (I'm dieting now, though people laugh when I tell them, so I can really relate to this great expression of angst! Carolyn

Abe Lopez

Date: 2/13/2009 9:39:00 PM

despite what is actually before us, it's our own perception the becomes our truth to battle......great write !