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But Only When I'm Pretty

tell me I'm pretty

tell me I'm beautiful

tell me you like me


but only when I'm pretty

fair-skinned light-weight porcelain pretty


oh shit, 

am i gonna get in trouble for saying that?


standing atop a pamper pole,

balancing on a silken thread above a huge chasm hole


the problem with a cult

that's taken over the entire world

is that there are no people on the outside

to make fun of those on the inside


to say,

what the fuck? they have to be on some bat shit bro


we are in a beauty cult.


damn.

am i gonna get in trouble for letting that slip too?


but, really,

when i hear the whispers of the many,

under the shadows, desires creep up on me

success at work?

joy in riches? 

how about overcoming societal glitches?

no.

to be skinny.


according to a recent study,


the number one goal of girlsᴡʜᴀᴛᴅᴏᴇsᴛʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇɴᴍᴇᴀɴ

across the entire world right now

w̶h̶o̶n̶ ̶e̶a̶r̶t̶h̶ ̶i̶s̶ a̶g̶i̶r̶l̶ᵈᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ᶜˡᵃˢˢⁱᶠʸ ᵃ tree ᵃˢ ᵃ ᵗʷⁱᵍn̶o̶,̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶w̶o̶o̶d̶

to lose weight.

ⁱᵗ'ˢ ᵗᵒ ˡᵒˢᵉ ʷᵉⁱᵍʰᵗ 

⁰ 

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o n e


standing atop a pamper pole,

you want more, then dub me a whore


stretch me out on a silken thread,

"balance!"

"keep still!"


don't let yourself𝐠 𝐨

let 𝙜𝙤shh

hh-

iiiiiit! 


why can't I keep my mouth shut?



©2024 by Azra Keskin. 

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