Thin with disgust Fat with wordless joy And patience

Thin like the opening of the gate You pray you’ll make it through Fat like the other side

Fat with pubescence With moonstone or pearl Thin protection

Fat as the ripe earth, before it was turned The black soil, a dense fruit, unwavering

The fat trench of the womb You share with your sisters

Fat like forgiveness and God’s Grace that delivers you From the enemy of yourself

Proper fat

Fat like a second, third and fourth chance As the number of tries it takes For you to finally get right

Dear, don’t mistake generous for infinite Every abundance that can be chewed, Can be expelled

Fat like the girl you always knew you were The fat redemption

Hope, the innocence they couldn’t kill, swells With its daughter