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too far 2010 Janet Kuypers (poetry converted to prose)     When he met me, he told me I looked like Kim Basinger. long blonde locks.     but as time wore on I knew I wasn’t her and I could never be her and I was never good enough, thin enough, pretty enough.     I got a perm, straightened my teeth, bought a wonderbra, but it wasn’t doing the trick.     I bought slimfast, used the stair stepper, ate rice cakes and wheat germ but I wasn’t     thin enough.     I only dropped twenty pounds.     so I went to the spa, got my skin peeled, soaked myself in mud, wrapped myself in celophane, bought the amino acid facial cremes. but I knew they didn’t really work.     so I went to the doctor, got my nose slimmed, my tummy stapled, my thighs sucked.     thought about getting a rib or two removed, like Cher.     but I figured they’ve got to be there for something     and hey,     that’s just going     too     far. Also look for thie writing in the poetry section of the Janet Kuypers poetry vaults, to see this writing with different line breaks. Copyright © 2010 Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.