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The thing in the mirror
What is that thing in the mirror?
That couldn't possibly be me standing there.
She's fat, she's ugly; she's not right.
Look at the way she twitches in the light.
She's a monster; she must go.
I bend over the toilet and force the bile to flow.
I gag and I heave.
I collapse and I cry.
I just want to die.
I feel so ugly,
All because of the fat beast within me.
I get up and look at it; the thing looks back, staring.
It mocks me as I begin glaring.
I look down at my ribs; they stick out so much.
My skin is so thin to the touch.
I look so pale,
My bones are frail.
Without a sound,
I fall to the ground.
With a soft, weak sigh,
I lay there, waiting to die.
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