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Poor Body mage Blues<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m a pot bellied native.<\/p>\n And I wear it with pride.<\/p>\n Some call me a sadist.<\/p>\n But, you know they lied.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019ve tried about every diet<\/p>\n to try and lose the weight.<\/p>\n I need someone to buy it.<\/p>\n Maybe that\u2019s all it\u2019d take.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have exercised to no end.<\/p>\n Just to lose a few pounds.<\/p>\n I have got to be able to bend.<\/p>\n to just a few more rounds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019ve cut out all the snacks<\/p>\n I taken the laxatives too.<\/p>\n Then people say it smacks<\/p>\n of anorexic ways to you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Except, I\u2019m a pot bellied native.<\/p>\n I am \u00a0not a skinny skeleton.<\/p>\n I feel like I\u2019m a weighted<\/p>\n down relic, —-son.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I could go on a hunger strike.<\/p>\n I would only drink water.<\/p>\n But, would I win the fight<\/p>\n of losing the weight like I otter?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I guess I need a new body image.<\/p>\n Or, others need one of me.<\/p>\n I MUST be slim like my linage<\/p>\n to be accepted, you see.—————–R. W. Johnson—–(2013)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Poor Body mage Blues I\u2019m a pot bellied native. And I wear it with pride. Some call me a sadist. But, you know they lied. I\u2019ve tried about every diet to try and lose the weight. I need someone to buy it. Maybe that\u2019s all it\u2019d take. I have exercised to no … Continue reading Poor Body Image Blues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,24,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-humor","category-life-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}