A really short one that I wrote 4 years ago...

Alice was fat. Fat in a way that women, and even men, were really not allowed to be. She was unavoidably and almost humorously fat. It was the first thing you noticed about her, and for most people it was the only thing they could see. Alice was more than just rotund or zaftig. She wasn't just big boned. She was the real life version of the scene in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory when the girl turns into a blueberry. She even thought it was funny to wear all blue and guess how many people were thinking of calling the oompalompas to come roll her away and squeeze her out. Alice was morbidly obese. Huge even.
Except for when she sang.
Alice singing was a spectacle that people had to actually see to believe. Whenever Alice sang, her face would light up and her excess weight would seem to just melt away. As she continued to sing, you would realize that the pounds of flesh weren't just seeming to disappear, they were actually evaporating off of her body. Which brings to mind the question; if no one is there to hear or see the magical fat lady sing, does she still slim down faster than a desperate prom queen digesting nothing but laxatives for a week? Well whether it was for a large audience or just a private concert for herself and her stereotypically large number of cats, Alice always did go from a "before" to an "after" picture of a member of jenny Craig by the time her song was done.
Perhaps she would have achieved world wide fame if Alice had a beautiful voice to accompany her act. But proving once again that someone out there has a sense of humor, fate chose to play it out a different way. Though Alice had always loved to sing and always looked beautiful doing it (or by the end of it) she sounded even worse than what we imagine many of out pop stars would without the aide of voice enhancing technologies. The beautiful face that emerged from the several chins piled up in front of her neck was a stark contrast to the squawking and shaking that could barely be identified as musical notes and lyrics. But Alice chose to sing anyway, and many of her fans chose to bring ear plugs and only listen with their eyes. So while most fat ladies singing will signal the end, Alice's songs always looked like a beginning.