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Nonchalantly (Free verse) by Plaidypus Nonchalantly, she said,
âIâve always had a thinner waist
you and your sister do not
youâre like your dad
but Iâve always had quite a thin waist.â
It was true:
even at my thinnest point,
I could barely fit into her old wedding dress
which sat, wrinkled, in a box in the attic.
One day, she told me I could have it
which made no sense,
because I was too thick
Thatâs when eating
began to make me sick.
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Posted: March 9, 2005 8:00 PM PST; Last modified: March 9, 2005 8:00 PM PSTWeighted score: 4.9602656 Overall Rank: 8604 Comments:
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richa @ 81.178.193.41
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10-Mar-05/2:40 PM
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Shock endings involving tragic illness, death, are not my bag, they lack subtlety. I would also suggest that the quoted bit is made less clunky to sound more like natural speech.
I liked the way you went "nonchalantly" around your conclusion of becoming anorexic. You told the story, in a way, of the origin of this crippling disease, which I also find quite interesting. Good, clean line breaks. I liked the overall feel of it. You got your point across very clearly & had no problems whatsoever with you clarity. Your poem survived by the way you went around explaining so "nonchalantly" something that has the potential to be deadly, ironically enough. Thanks,
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