She carries with her
a constant companion,
a friend and a foe
who will never part:
the incessant bite
of unslaked hunger.
She knows how it works,
that skinny girls win
and she will be famous
if she remains thin.
She needs to be known
to young and to old
an actress, a singer,
with a body like gold.
And so each day
more ribs are shown
but her name is still
so, so unknown.
But she keeps it up
to keep her weight down,
and she will show up
in hollywood
in a size-one gown.
