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hello! this is a poem i wrote called ’skinny girls bleed flowers.’
i’ve written slams in the past but i think this is by far the most personal and revealing. when i was 16 i was diagnosed with anorexia purging-type which is essentially a weird horrible anorexia/bulimia hybrid, but i’ve been struggling with disordered eating and body image issues for about five years. this poem is about the romanticizatio