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by Nathalie Gottlieb Somerville, MA Who are those glamour queens in size two jeans? Making me look in the mirror And hate what I see Making me ugly and awkward Making me eat rice cakes And whatever it takes To be like those glamour queens in size two jeans And who are they anyway? Making me punish myself hate myself hurt myself Because I have no will Like those glamour queens in size two jeans And who are they anyway? Making me eat my sorrow eat my emptiness eat my broken promises eat because it hurts too much to cry because its easier than fighting because its easier than sitting down On the warm solid earth Taking a deep breath And connecting to the warm solid earth And loving me And who are they anyway? Those glamour queens in size two jeans Making me feel alive when I'm thin And disgusted when I give in To the temptations of sin And WHY is it sin to Feed our bodies To FEED our bodies To NURTURE ourselves To LOVE bodies To CONNECT with ourselves To BE ourselves And NOT one of those glamour queens in size two jeans.