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when she was seven a half stone   

joanne stuffed her face with pie and chips

and pie and chips and more chips

until she was sick

when she was seven stone 

joanne would cut the food on her plate

into tiny pieces

wave her fork around whilst talking

pretended to swallow

yet hadn’t eaten a thing

no one noticed

when she was six and a half stone 

joanne wanted to look just right for a date

but feeling grossly unattractive

decided she needed to lose some weight

not eating a thing for days and days

when she was six stone

joanne binged on chocolate

then stuck her fingers down her throat

when she was five and a half stone

joanne shaved off her long blonde hair

joked she was going for belsen chic

none of us laughed

it wasn’t funny

when she was five stone

joanne was admitted into hospital

she was just a bag of skin and bones

didn’t even have the strength

to walk unaided

when she was four and a half stone 

with not an once of ugly fat

joanne was dead

sandwiches and nibbles were served at the wake

© 2010  iDrew

First published in Black Mirror 2013