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When Beauty Dyes

...women

Hair made attractive
Through hours of working,
Daily, even!
A face carefully smothered
In artificial hues.
Clothes chosen distinctively
To accentuate every curve and crevice,
Appealing or not.
Sharpened tongue,
And hands as cold
As her shoulders.

Who wouldn't want to kiss
Those over-glossed and
Fish-scale covered lips?
How can I not love
This magazine model reflection?

Easily.

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by Irishgirl

Posted Oct 7, 2008

+8

I loved the lilting symmetry to the language in this poem, each word seemed to be carefully choosen to compliment the next. So descriptive, (especially 'over-glossed and
Fish-scale covered lips') and I love how it ended.

The third line, 'Daily, even!' didn't work for me, it se... (read more)

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JamesLeer

Oct 5, 2008

Nice and short with clean word play. I really enjoyed it, keep up the good work...

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Date Added

Oct 4, 2008 at 11:33 PM

Article Type

Literature

Genres

Poetry, Rant

Topics

People, Society

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