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From A Distance

January 25, 2010
By wordlover27 GOLD, Vancouver, Other
wordlover27 GOLD, Vancouver, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&lrm;&quot;For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness...&quot;<br /> -Audrey Hepburn


I don’t know you personally.
I would prefer that we never meet.
But I have observed your actions from afar.

I have watched you
Strip young girls of their self-esteem
Make them feel like they aren’t good enough
Make them puke out their lunch into a toilet bowl
Because they are scared of becoming fat.

I have read about you
Making sticks out of girls
Taunting them mercilessly
Telling them they need to starve themselves
Or else they would get fat.

I looked on
As those people stood up
And closed the door on you
After recognizing that you are a deadly disease
And not just a “phase” they’re going through.

I watched
I read,
I looked on,
From a distance.

And I hate you as much as they hate you.



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on Apr. 30 2012 at 6:25 am
Eowyngreen SILVER, Metamora, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you don&#039;t want to be forgotten, shortly after you are dead and rotten, either do something worth writing, or write something worth reading.&quot;<br /> ~Benjamin Franklin

I liked the idea a lot, but it could have possibly been a little more varied throughout, for instance you have two stanzas in a row ending with the same 'fat' idea, other than that, really good!