Punching Bag

It never ceases to amaze me

How many people

Use fat stigma

As their own personal little

Engine that could.

No fat person does this—

Only ex-fats and never-fats

Those are the people

Who find the most

“Motivation”

In fat stigma.

All the other

Hundreds of thousands of obese people

Typically just get fatter

The more you harass them

But I guess I’m glad

For you, fatphobic anxious person

Who has never needed to lose

More than 10-20 pounds—

Keep on motivating yourself

With me as your punching bag

I’m just glad I could help—

After all.