Trick or Treat?
Melondy: Issues of Adolescence Series
Trick Or Treat?
gotta compete, so cheat
do it in a heartbeat, so bittersweet
thinwithin
and without? oh, so I wish
stomach, better bypass that dish
PERMANENT WEIGHT CONTROL
such a dreamy illusion
but all these diets? just adding to my
confusion
THE ENORMOUS SHADOW
of the monster inside
perhaps starving will make it hide?
THE LOVELY BONES
so beautiful just beneath my skin
but I’ve got so far to go, to be perfect and thin
Take Big Bites
what’s the point in resisting?
ya, what’s really my point for existing?
DYING FOR CHANGE
dying for sure
but do I care for a cure?
BODY-FAT BREAKTHROUGH
they say my mind’s askew
just because I binge then refuse fondue?
LOSING IT
ya, they’re losing control
how’s it feel? losing the right to your own soul?
DIET AND DISEASE
problem, problem, I’m the problem says their expertise
why don't you just leave me alone . . . please