This is what comes out of my head when I sit by the pool watching my kid get squirted in the face with a water-blaster. It’s one week’s worth of haikus about dieting, weight, and body image (with more to come). I wore a swimsuit while writing these. Gotta walk the body-image talk.
Pizza, I love you
But only eat kale, or else
Fitness friends will shun
Body positive
Can’t imagine it, ever
Bought into the lie
Must eat paleo
Because the trainer guy says
He’s cute; he must know
Every part of me
Should change, so the ads all say
Anxiety rules
Protein powder will
Fix my body and life, though
It tastes like ground chalk
Diets give me hope
Every Monday, hold my breath
Damn! Blew it by noon
If thin then worthy
Keeps me walking on tightrope
Never thin enough
