Dazzling

Girl, Girdled

It’s a struggle,
but she fights
her thighs in,
tucks in her belly,
her bottom
jam-packed;
she crams her torso
wholesale
into the shape
of the garment.

Firm foundations,
cantilevered,
engineered,
uniform.
She can even
breathe,
beige and
lightly boned
beneath her frock.