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Cruel To

Every fascination becomes a bauble a gold encrusted noose on which to dangle the desperation of appeal Stuffed into feathers fashioned cushions fighting for the adverts these sown together facsimiles is the me in expressive tailor-made And your life a piece of art work each symbols collectible remark paints the mask of who you never really are In the mirror dissatisfaction daily judgment of perfection you wear it like a scar never a smile for who you really are If you were and only could be more faultless than you really should be a photo posed abstracts anatomy of beauty the accommodation of magazine publicity Every fascination becomes a bauble a gold encrusted noose on which to dangle the desperations to appeal a presentation of nothing that is real such are the cruel theaters of the skin betraying a soul wishing not to be constrained within

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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