10 Honest Thoughts On Being Loved By A Skinny Boy

10 Honest Thoughts On Being Loved By A Skinny Boy 2014-11-03T11:14:59-07:00

“I say, ‘I am fat.’ He says, ‘no, you’re beautiful.’ I wonder why I cannot be both.”

That’s how Rachel Wiley opened her slam poem, “10 Honest Thoughts On Being Loved By A Skinny Boy,” at the 2013 National Poetry Slam. Check out the powerful poem below.


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