A Love Letter to My Breasts by Eloísa Pérez-Lozano

From barely-there buds to voluptuous curves

you have enjoyed the freedom of undershirts

before bouncing into Jockey training bras

and finally becoming familiar with

the metal smiles of underwire.

In college, at the peak of your perkiness,

You hid away under baggy t-shirts with

the rest of my rolls and freshman fifteen.

But I worked the weight off, blossoming

enjoying the fabric now hugging our figure.

But your time is ticking, my tender twins

Tightly bound and tumbling when I run

sagging au naturel after a growing baby

latched, suckled, and stroked you gently

the boobs on high balancing hefty hips.

O bountiful breasts, overflowing fatty tissue

sites of playful pleasure and essential sustenance:

Though gravity insists on your inevitable descent

I am grateful for your curves, your cushion

and the overwhelming world of sensation you bring.

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Eloísa Pérez-Lozano (she/her) writes poems and essays about Mexican-American identity, women’s issues and motherhood. She graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. in psychology and an M.S. in journalism and mass communications. A Best of the Net-nominated writer, her work has been featured in The Texas Observer, Houston Chronicle, Houston Public Media, and Poets Reading the News, among others. She lives with her family in Houston, Texas. She can be found on Instagram at @elodisneygirl and twitter @EloPoeta.