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The Perfect Girl

The perfect girl is popular She is funny She is smart She’s got her life together She is confident She is cool If the perfect girl is all of these things, then what is an average girl? The perfect girl isn’t needy She isn’t annoying She isn’t a liar If the perfect girl isn’t these things, does that mean an average girl is? The perfect girl always wears makeup She always wears her best clothes She’s always on time If the perfect girl is always these things, does that mean the average girl isn’t? The perfect girl never forgets anything She never has a hair out of place She never gets hurt She never cries She never worries If the perfect girl never does these things, does that mean the average girl does? If the average girl isn’t perfect, and the perfect girl isn’t average, what happens to these traits? Do they all go to the perfect girl and leave the average with nothing? The answer is the average girl is perfect, and the perfect girl is average. It is a lie when someone says you’re perfect. The truth about being perfect is that no one is. Nothing is. Everyone is different and no one has all of these traits Everyone has a different handful of them. So, if there is no such thing as perfect, there is no perfect girl

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Date: 12/26/2017 12:21:00 PM
Kylie: Everyone needs to read this as they start the new year. Might make it easier for all of us that may have struggled to be "perfect" and failed. Thanks for sharing with all of us on the soup. Keep them coming. oldbuck
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Date: 12/26/2017 11:20:00 PM
Thank so much for your kind words! I am so touched that so many people like my poems! I am fairly new to the soup and I’m so happy to know there are people here who are so supportive. Again, thank you, and I hope you have an incredible new year!
Date: 12/20/2017 10:28:00 PM
Kylie, congratulations on a very insightful, well-written free verse poem! I truly enjoyed it. Congrats also on making the Best New Poets list!! I wish you and yours the happiest of holidays! :) Bartholomew
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