Clever Not Beautiful

fuckyeahchubbygirls:

You’re not supposed to exist 
at all this decade. You’re to be flat 
as a kitchen table, so children with 
roller skates can speed over you 
like those sidewalks of my childhood 
that each gave a different roar under 
my wheels. You’re required to show 
muscle striations like the ocean 
sand at ebb tide, but brick hard. 
Clothing is not designed for women 
of whose warm and flagrant bodies 
you are a swelling part.  
Marge Piercy - Belly Good

Thanks, Danae

I love this. Warm and flagrant is such a delicious description for a tummy.