Thigh Gap

Hi! My name is Aneshia,
and I am clinically underweight. 
Please please, no pictures.
Yes, I do eat food,
I have eaten a double double cheeseburger,
and no, I don't "need" another one.
Hi! My name is Aneshia,
and I am clinically underweight.
Out every person I've gotten close to,
about 90% have taken my wrists
into their hands
and remarked rather loudly
that I am extremely tiny.
I have also had the same amount of people
wrap their arm around my waist
and call me a "stick".
God forbid I'm called "human".
Hi! My name is Aneshia,
and I am clinically underweight.
And I'm sorry if I seem a little
repetitive,
it's just that
my weight
is something that people bring up so often
that I can't seem to forget about it,
so I just thought
I'd might as well
bring it up for you.
That way, you can conserve energy,
and I don't have to be severely annoyed.

I'm sorry if I'm being a little brash.
I understand that many of you are probably
thinking
"how ungrateful can this girl be?"
Well, I am sorry.
It's just that,
for my whole life,
I've had doctors squint their eyes at me
as if I was hard to see;
I've had my friends' mothers and grandmothers and aunts
try to force feed me because,
again,
I "needed it";
I've had to listen to rappers and musicians
speak about "big booty bitches"
while looking at my ass
which is not really there;
I've been called "chicken legs", "bean sprout",
and "twig"
so goddamned often that
it's honestly a miracle I can stand
looking in the mirror without cringing.
Am I still ungrateful?
Ungrateful that, 
if my overactive thyroid persists,
and I drop into the 80-89 pound range,
I might have to be given the same supplements
that are given to cancer patients
in order to gain weight?
Nothing's sexier than protruding thigh bones
and a rib cage you can play like an instrument.
Nothing's funnier than standing next to my sister,
who's breasts are big enough to make you forget
everything you were about to say
while I'm blessed to have "mosquito bites".
Nothing's greater than being mistaken for 12 years old
when I'm about to turn 20.
I'm sorry if I'm not doing backflips,
it's just that,
I've had more people say "Jesus Christ, do you eat?"
than I've had people look me in the eyes and say
"Aneshia, you are beautiful."
I just want to feel comfortable wearing shorts.
I just want to feel comfortable wearing my skin.
I just want to introduce myself by saying
"Hi, my name is Aneshia",
and then move on to more relevant topics than my body image,
like my hobbies,
my future goals,
and things that actually define me.

I'm tired of having to explain
why I am so skinny.
So,
from now one,
to just kill time,
I am going to introduce myself by saying:
"Hi, I'm Aneshia,
and I am clinically underweight."
And hopefully,
that'll be the end of that fucking conversation.