Fat Girl Forms
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Stephanie Rogers
Stephanie Rogers is an advocate for women, abused and neglected children in foster care. She is also the author of “All Things New: A Singles Perspective.” Her passion is for evangelism, missions and community outreach. She is a born again believer who enjoys traveling.
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Fat Girl Forms - Stephanie Rogers
ONE
FAT GIRL RONDELET
I strut the street
with this fat body. Swaying my hips,
I strut the street
and swirl. Fat body greets the heat
on summer days. Fat body flips
the bird. Along the late-night strip,
I strut the street.
FAT GIRL TRIOLET
The moon doesn’t make a single sound
though the rain starts up outside. I hear it
rattling my windows as the light bends,
but the moon doesn’t make a single sound.
I’m just as fat as she is up there, round
as raindrops splattering the ground. I fear it.
The moon doesn’t make a single sound
though the rain starts up outside. I hear it.
FAT GIRL VILLANELLE #1
I stare at my body in a photograph
where all my friends surround me, smiling.
But I don’t recognize that girl, that laugh
around her eyes and the crinkled grin. A brass
doorknob reflects the spark of her teeth.
I stare at her body in a photograph
and see the light streaking across her calf,
her bare thighs. I peer, close up, and breathe.
I don’t recognize that girl. That laugh
gets me, how her hair flows down her back,
unleashed. I want to touch her, extend my reach,
not stare at her body in a photograph
or to watch her without knowing her, to crack
a smile even now, to avoid disrupting
what I don’t recognize. That girl, laughing,
who is she? I want to own her body, to