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No Body-Shaming Here

My body is not
cloth-eared                 
bird-brained                 
hook-nosed                 
bow-legged                 
loose-tongued                 
big-boned                                  
lily-livered                          
on its last legs.

My body is
eagle-eyed                 
hat-haired                 
clear-sighted                 
tender-hearted         
well-hung                 
brass-necked                 
given the thumbs-up.

My body is not my Achilles' heel.

My body is not a metaphor.

bat-blind
Bingo-winged
cold-blooded
knobbly-kneed
cold-shouldered
hip-shaking
like a Greek statue



piano-fingered
level-headed
soft-voiced
all ears
middle-aged spread
strong as an ox
beetle-browed
pigeon-toed
goblin-eared
double-jointed
goose-pimpled
surgically-enhanced
elbowed out of the way