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Skinny be Damned, Concave Bellies Don't Bear Babies |
Concave bellies don't bear babies
concave bellies don't bear babies
concave bellies don't bear babies
but mine can
luscious and ripe
hips to match
concave bellies don't bear babies
but mine can
there is a day to day assault on being a woman
everywhere you look
heroin chic
lost inside clothes
pumpkin headed women
on stick bodies
it's scary they look like they're starving
and these are our visions of womanhood
our visions of success
the message
as a whole solid woman you have somehow failed
because no matter how smart you are
no matter how creative you are you are supposed to live inside a shell
a very small waif like almost non-existent shell
be careful about existing
be careful about having weight to throw around
don't want don't need don't eat don't nourish
look thin and pretty and fragile
look thin and pretty and fragile
don't want don't need don't eat don't nourish
what ever happened to our sex symbols
curvy bodies swaying hips languid looks
women
curves and thighs and bellies and breasts
hills and valleys highs and lows and roundabouts
a meal sumptuous
80% of all girls have been on a diet by the age of ten
skinny skinny skinny skinny
fragile fragile fragile fragile
well screw that
I exist I take up space
I make noise I am heard
big I take up space
women O.K. as we are women O.K. as we are
sumptuous I take up space
copyright 1999
Katie
O'Loughlin |
