Surfaces
At school we bullied Billy for being fat
Stole his homework pulled his
Hair broke his glasses
Accused him of all-sorts made his
Life a misery so in the end they took him
Out of school then
Years later I went out with a plump lass
Called Norma she pecked at her meals but
Never lost weight I
Accused her of hiding food and
Bingeing on the quiet and made her life a
Misery until I saw the
Tablets for thyroid
Disorder, one a day for the rest of her life, today I
Read in the paper how the
Virus got Billy and I'm wondering whether, after all
He was such a
Glutton
MortimerBlooming
Thu 4th Jun 2020 19:05
The regret a bully faces later in life for his past sins is often quite brutal, fat shaming has been so normalized and so integrated into culture, people do not realize just how devastating it can be,
Your poem is quite well written,
Mortimer