she looks into the mirror
and knows that she's
ugly
she is ugly because
she's looking
into
the
mirror
money lay caked on
her face
a bump rises under
her skin
it cannot be
tamed
by the dollars
and cents
what sense does
it make
to makeup a
face
a lie
a facade
a fake
but she needs it
to breathe
even though
her
pores
cannot
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Pastry
Poetrypastry noun a sweet baked food made of dough It's amazing how something so sweet could crumble so easily For the second time, enter the mind of a girl in her late teens trying to cope with the loss of her identity. (Book 2 of the "Ash" poetry tri...
