"Hey", you say, "looking lean today!"

She nods with a smile and moves away

Look closely enough, she looks way too fray

Maybe that's why she didn't stay

On reaching home, she sees the glass

Thinking, "Not lean enough yet"

And proceeds to lessen the limited mass

Of all the food she managed to get.

"Hey", you ask, "What's that on your face?"

He seems to brush it off with a shake.

Disappearing to the restroom without a trace,

He curses himself for forgetting his mask..

After layers of concealers, he looks back

Murmuring, "Now, this looks like the real me"

While also yearning to forget that smack

He had to receive for thinking he could be free.

The smallest detail you point out

Might give them the biggest nightmares

So let's say it inside before we shout

To save our friends from their own stares.

- Izzie