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What Are You Hiding?
September 6, 2014
Sugar and pizza
The taste in my mouth
Why did I eat that?
You're an idiot
For eating that.
3 slices?!
Acrid scent
Pale yellow skin
And yellow teeth
Puffy cheeks
"I have to pee."
Rush to the crowded bathroom
At the roller rink
No one can hear
I'm good at staying quiet
Lithe limbs
Sore throat
White marks on fingernails
Sometimes, heart flutters
Nobody knows
Nobody cares
Empty glances
Does anybody see
What's happening?
There is a cost
For perfection
Pretty hurts, after all
Who would have guessed?
© Maria H., Cincinnati, OH
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