red lipstick

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she scrubbed and scrubbed and stopped.

she scrubbed and scrubbed some more.

then she laughed to the girl staring at her;

maybe they will love me now

maybe i'll be pretty enough

maybe, just maybe i can live among them.

the eyes that looked back were sad

but she covered it more with the red

scrubbing again to feel just like you.

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