medium

they thought I  was a medium

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i don’t know why it hurts so bad

i’ve always been an x-small

after last year

it went up to a small

i’ve been fighting it ever since

i’m tired of wrestling with my shirts

tired of being afraid of the mirror

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why does a name mean so much

they could’ve decided

a medium is a small

why do we put so much value 

on sizes and names and labels

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why do i want to be an x-small again

no one sees

and yet they do