Your ad
Touting the latest
Greatest diet

Is interrupting
The conversation
I’m trying to have with my body

Your expectation
Of me being thin
And staying young

Makes it so hard
For me to listen to my whispers
Your judgement
about my thighs touching

And my hips widening
Gets in the way of me
Feeling the joy
Of living in a fleshy home

You keep disrupting
Disturbing and
Disconnecting me from

Me
You’re intruding on
My most intimate relationship

Shhh, stop interrupting
I’m trying to consult
With my wisest teacher
And you’re being too loud.

Nina Manolson
NinaManolson.com