thin

I haven't eaten enough today.
At the movies
I convinced myself that
I didn't want any food
because of
the prices,
but the truth is
that lately I
never
have an appetite, even when
I should be eating,

which makes me think
of the movie
they made us watch
of those girls
with the
breakable arms
and skeleton
eyes,

and I look
down
at my fingers:

thin as
cigarettes,

Values as shallow as the billboards we proclaim them on
All bright colors and glossy smiles
So happy! So fun! Superficially
That's all that matters.
Look at their faces.
Don't you wish your life was that good?

Beauty's only skin deep, people say
But so often
It's only skin that matters anyway
Superficial, yes
But how much of our lives is not?

Work so hard to get so thin