“I Feel Fat”
Fat isn’t a feeling
Fat is not a friend
Fat is not going to kill you and
Without it you’d be dead
Fat is not skin
Fat is many things
Subcutaneous, visceral
Much like the kinds of experiences
I’ve had as an individual
People who are not fat
Have a bad day, feel miserable
Pooch out their stomach and blame
Their body for their brain chemistry as if
Fat can feel you hate it
As if it can feel your unwelcome hands
Pinching and longing for escape
It doesn’t matter if you’re
5lbs overweight or
500 or
40 pounds under—
Pinching, squeezing, hating, and shaming
Does not make fat go away.
Fat, as a feeling
Is something that you’ve decided
You can blame your
Depression on, fat
Isn’t even something seen
Only flesh, and abundance.
Last time I checked
If you see, or feel
Your own fat—
You need an ambulance.
Anyway, I digress
Next time you want to say
“I feel fat”
Just say something else, maybe try
Two steps closer to the truth
Even bloated would be better suited.