SURVIVING ROCK BOTTOM

SURVIVING ROCK BOTTOM

A Contemporary Poetry Story

My mother is always striving for perfection.

Always pushing me too far.

At six I was a pageant girl.

At seven I was a pageant winner.

At eight I was a ballerina.

At eight my mother became my enemy.

At nine my mother told me I was too fat.

At ten my mother told me I was too fat.

At eleven my mother told me I was too fat.

Programming.

At twelve I was put on a diet.

At thirteen I had a complex.

By fourteen I had a disorder.

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