![]() ![]() Tells us who we are and makes us spell it out, letter by letter.Īt first, because I didn’t have the time. What of those years in a 32 cup? What of A, of B? What does it mean to see my own body and think, now you’re finished. Look, these are the breasts of my dreams-why did I ever dream of breasts? I look in the mirror and wonder how I earned these curves, There will never be any room for you in these jeans. There was never any room for you in these jeans. I wondered if I really had that kind of power. I wondered what that part could do to a man. He said that part was big enough for the Black men and small enough for the White. This is a body that affirms my own manhood. This is a body I can hold in my hands and marvel at my own hands, their facility. It is natural to use bodies where hearts should be. It is natural to have one girl and have one other. ![]() What he meant: this is a body I wish the other girl had. He said, you have a woman’s body but, to me, it wasn’t a compliment. ![]() Poking, slightly, over the lip of a low rise jean. Those knobby hips-they would have been so beautiful I don’t know new words to say about the body,Īt 6, my gifted resource teacher would ask have you eaten today? I can see your ribs!Īt 14, I wished I could reclaim those ribs that stuck out of my shirt, ![]()
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