excerpt from the tales of marya hornbacher, in the book "wasted: a memoir of bulimia and anorexia"

[vaa]

the police are acquitted

for the beating

of rodney king.

you hear people

screaming

at the office

now and then.

IT CANT COVER THIS.

3 people quit

in quick succession.

i ask my boyfriend

if i have the guts

to be a journalist.

he says

"you have to,

you fake it"