The Way An Elevator Goes Up And Down

where’d you come from?Lil Thin Girlcertainly not from your Jewish motherwith the double D latkes hanging from her chestdon’t worry you’ll get there one dayLil Thin Girllet’s just hope you don’t also inherit her appetiteLil Thin Girl should stay that way foreverLil Thin Girl could still grow up to be a ballerinawill you dance for me Lil Thin Girl ?will you let me hold whatever’s left of youand not let go?can I wrap myself around like a belt?the tightest it can getadd a couple new notchesotherwise I’d slip right off, Lil Thin Girllike all these dresses your mom boughtwhen you were still a size oneyou’ve grownLil Big Girlfat but still shortBusty Girlcan’t reach the top shelf cause your dumpybut also cause you don’t want your tummy to pop outand we’ll all seeTeenage Hungry Girlno longer Lil Thin Girlwe’re pretty sure you ate herLil Thin Girl couldn’t survive in the worldis that what happened?you may be big now but your still our little girlaren’t you?your still scared of usaren’t you?of what we may do to youwhen we find out you can’t squeeze anymoreinto the frame we tailor-made for you?perfect family photo now, huh?mother’s daughter is growing up to look just like hersmiling as if she has anything to be proud ofGrowing girl doesn’t meet up with friends after eatingcause she wants them to think that she doesn’tsucks in her chin to train the fat to stay hiddenGrowing girl would rather stop swimmingthan have to wear a one-piece suitnot used to it but she knows how it fitsshame in her thin/fat/growing bodyshame in eating somethingshame in being anythingwe didn’t want her to be to begin withdo you love yourself yet, grown-up girl?do you still see yourself as a little ballerina?will you still dance for me?