AT THE GEM SHOW
AT THE GEM SHOWWandering through miles of rocksRough from the groundPolished and smoothCut into gleaming facetsI watch everyoneooh and ahhThey admire the unique shapesThe nuances of colorsOddities and one of a kindsAre even more sought afterWhat has...
KINDNESS SHOWED UP ON MY PLATE
Somewhere early on in my eating journeyI invited meanness to my tableI put judgment on my plateAt the end of every mealI putShould’veWould’veCould’veOn every forkful of foodAnd every night before I went to bedI fed myself a few bites...
Do You Have A Date With A Diet?
It used to be that every new beginning was a date with a dietA diet-date.It was the day I planned to start “being good”to “get serious about what I ate”It looked like this:January 1st – the BIG cultural diet-dateBirthday – diet-date the day...
I WISH I FELT LIKE LIZZO
We watched Lizzo belting it outShaking her stuffBeing an icon of powerAnd my soulful, beautiful being of a friend looked at me and said:It’s okay for LizzoBut not for meI looked at her with one eyebrow raisedAnd a nod of understandingBecause I’ve heard it...
