He looks so fragile,

Barely fed

And oh, his lips

More white than red!

His eyes, sunken as a shipwreck,

Empty

As the hearts of raiders.

His hair, thin as piano strings,

His cheeks, hollow as craters.

His legs, built like dominoes,

Could topple with one breath.

So skinny, so scrawny,

As if on the verge of death.