I Used to Be a Gymnast

 By Ester Bloom, Grade 10, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, MD
"White, smooth and solid--an emaciated ideal."
Genre  Poem   Topic  Eating Disorders, Body Image, Identity

I told my friends I was a gymnast/when they wondered why I got so thin/then drifted by them quietly/like the ghost I wanted to become.

ID 29482   Published in Merlyn's Pen Annual #2

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