‘Marion’s been committed.’
It’s not life-threatening,
well, not at this moment in time.
As if it would come as shock
that my 22-year old sister
of 6-and-a-half stone and of 5-feet-10-inches
was being force-fed food on a drip.
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She looked foetal,
skeletal,
cadavric.
I could fit my little finger
and thumb round the top
of her shins – and all I remember thinking
is of how she was wasting away
in front of my eyes.
As if from an advert,
it finally hit home.
We may not be starving,
but pressure is rife.
Obsession:
Calorie-counter.
