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I walk into the bathroom, taking up half the space, and study myself in the full-length mirror. I am not in a funhouse; the reflection does not lie. I pose. I flex the muscles hidden underneath layers of flesh. american I try to look seductive, puckering my lips and narrowing my eyes. Alone, american I am the GQ of fat. I turn my backside to the mirror. My back reminds me of gentle hills, undulating american down from my shoulders into a mid back swale, then gently climbing and flattening out. Where the lower back ends, my butt begins. Unlike the rest of my body--curvaceous, spherical--my butt is flat; it blends into my thighs. I flex it, but it looks no different. I smile. My body, its freedom. I run my hands across the deep welts on my stomach. In the mirror, they look like train tracks that meet and disappear into my bellybutton. The welts are a product of the belt cinched too tight.
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