Pretty Is As Pretty Does
Pretty is as pretty does,
Tell your daughter when you scold her.
Skin deep's as far down as beauty goes,
Beheld only by the beholder.
Looks, you see, are a fleeting gift
That's gone before you're through with it.
Pretty is what you are, my dear,
Beauty is what you do with it.
Good parental advice, no doubt,
But it begs at least one query:
What would it gain
If beauty is "skinned"
Just to prove a theory?
Copyright © Jim Slaughter | Year Posted 2023
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