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
