YOUR… FRIEND

Who’s your fat friend?
That girl you brought
to the last few events
who looks at you with adoring eyes
and unbidden appreciation?
Who’s the girl at your side
the girl you ignore?
Who is your fat friend?

No, really,
I want to know.
Tell me about that weight
you drag around
anchoring you
to the here and now
keeping you from flying away.

You don’t deserve
such a devoted thing.
So real, so secure is she
so much better than you,
your fat friend is,
that I’m not sure I even want to know you
anymore – except for the introduction.

You don’t appreciate what you’ve got
in that firm strong Woman
and shouldn’t have the chance
to make it right.
If you don’t want to know from your fat friend, then,
don’t stay.
Say nay, you ass,
and please
pass her my way.