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Falter

I watch a single girl
falter
when her face falls
her costume becomes parody
trying too hard she transforms awkward
and moves away
tucks into herself toward invisibility

dont listen to an invisible
older woman
with a turn
you could be fabulous

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 9/6/2011 9:07:00 PM
good advice to the teenagers... would that their mothers would take it! preesh the write, Veronica. happy eve~N
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Veronica Joseph
Date: 9/11/2011 11:51:00 AM
Amen!

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