Puppy fat

Parents fear talking to children about weight

Daily Mail, 2 July 2012

You do look great

if only we could tell you so,

but what's left on your plate

could sate Africa.

We over-compensate,

super-size the servings,

dishonestly narrate

your teenage TV viewing;

she's too thin, we say,

she's really not so fat,

but the recalibration

washes over, fails to take.

And borrowed anxieties aside

you do look great.

(c) 2012 Slush Poet