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this would be the second poem in the abstractia installment. this was a rush job and is in the process of being made over. this is its fourth revision (yes, fourth) but this is one of the shorter poems in abstractia. it's in response to the media's exaggeration of image issues as well as a semi-love poem.

beauty

can you find it in makeup
or magazine cutouts
or on tv shows
where everyone looks like a barbie doll
emaciated and dying?

i find it lies in you.

beauty is your middle name as you laugh
at my ridiculous jokes
or when you cry at my
outpouring of emotion.
is it real?

i find it once too true.

beauty is imperfection.

can you look past the designer jeans
or the expensive jewelry
or the catalogs that seem to
stare you in the face
with images of "perfection" and "high style"?

perfection is not real.

something is dastardly wrong with us all.
some of us are fat or sickly thin
some have frizzy hair
others have terrible skin.
i like imperfection.

beauty lies in you.

posted by Open Source Food @ 1:23 PM