Wear's the Shape? (For my friend Jill)
Shapewear,formerly known as "the girdle"
is the frumpy fat woman's fantasy
of promptly appearing ten pounds thinner.
That is, if the flesh can win the battle
of pulling it into place.
The array of flab managemnet
is quite daunting--
You can smooth the lumps
with light control,
lift the sags and shrink the rolls
with medium control,
But, for some serious de-jiggling--
it must be firm control!
So pull out those controlling
panties, bodysuits, and waist cinchers
and squash those rolls flat!
squish and squash
shrink and flatten
lift and smooth
but do not forget to breath,
breath and do not faint
and remember to pray,
pray that no one notices the occasional tug
to pull the binding out of painful places.
Painful places? There will be many,
but the price of the pain is worth every inch
of the confidence gained.
Thinness will finally be regained! and
your little black dress will laugh in delight
as it saunters into the night--
Until, by the light
of the powder room door
the fantasy is shattered by the mirror--
shattered, because those bulges,
so tightly concealed at home,
have migrated north
and landed beneath the breasts.
--- Jaycee
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