The Mirror is an anorexia poem, a brief glance at the complexity of this eating disorder and thoughts on how sufferers and bystanders struggle to cope.

This poem is written in the Tanka poetic form.

The Mirror – Anorexia Poem

The mirror lies to
 her shows fat and beef where 
 I see skin and bone,
 cracking the fibbing whip, so
 she won't eat or drink, just die.