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China Doll

June 8, 2013
By juneday GOLD, Barrington, Rhode Island
juneday GOLD, Barrington, Rhode Island
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Thin as a whisper,
skin sags from her arms,
from bones breakable as good china -
but still
she pushes away food,
ignoring her belly’s rumbling protest.


The author's comments:
This is a poem that really relates to my own life - not mine personally, but someone very close to me.

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