Friday, August 2, 2013

Gaining Weight Isn't So Bad

when the edges of my skin blurred
I thought I was bloated
from the secrets you kept inside me
but now my curves are wide
enough to ski across, and I feel
broad like summer birds

I have sweated you out
and now the hips I hated so hard
are cultivating fruit trees and sloping
into arches under which
feral cats curl up
and honeycombs grow

my body has expanded
since you last saw it

and I can no longer
feel ashamed of that

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