Ephemeral

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she smiles at herself in the mirror. her runny mascara, smudged lipstick don't bother her. she is simply a human. insignificant, t r a n s i e n t.

beautiful she was, her caretaker at the orphanage would say. marvelous as a butterfly, majestic as a star.

she is e p h e m e r a l.

for she would last but one other day.

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