For those who say one can never be too thin or too rich, think again :)!
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Thin as a hair, reed,
with emerald sheen ...
Peabody is Queen.
When snapping pictures
folks force her to smile ...
which she does -- a while.
She dare not eat, grow
(FAT is a 'no-no'),
she lacks good health's glow.
Peabody tethers
on disaster's brim ...
unhealthily slim.
You'd think with money,
rich could have a say ...
their appearance sway.
Folks expectations
are but fantasies ...
gals starve in 'degrees'.
Sometimes it's fatal;
one can be too thin ...
though eating's no sin.
Peabody's trying
too many to please.
Reach out and catch her
'cause somebody sneezed!
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Reviewed by Thomas Lanechanger (Reader)
Reviewed on June 24, 2004
Excellent write, Sandy!!! Too many people unfortunately tend to starve themselves in a vain attempt at becoming something they’re not, Poet!!!
A grand write - a joy to read ... thanks for sharing!
Reviewed by Jane Rodway (Reader)
Reviewed on June 22, 2004
LOl- that is a funny ending. As a former anorexic, I do agree that it can kill you. Now I look at the same models thin bodies and would not want to look like them in a million years. I appreciate my curves now, clothes hang better on curves than sticks! Thanks for this thought-provoking, yet humourous write.
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(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D