Largeness
It’s a mighty fine word
Until today, that is
That is, today as in society (nowadays)
We are
“encouraged”
To be small.
Small waist
Small nose
Small arms
Tiny brain
They can’t handle this muchness
This lushness
They’re afraid of our size
The history of our hills
And mountains of skin
Lofty mountains
A landscape to make an artist sing.
But as they shove us into our
Small shirts
Skinny jeans
Tiny shoes
They forget that this size, this extra-largeness
Cannot be contained.
We’re busting out of here.
We’re claiming our space with our
Large feet
Large breasts
Huge hips
Our love handles and our lard
Fear our stature
Our sweetness
Our sexual wiles
Our swagger
We are deep people
Large women.