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May 2, 2011
By beeatrice BRONZE, San Jose, California
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heart placed here, 
don't forget to glue in
the plastic smile there,
looking so foreign
on the porcelain face
of the living doll,
not a single trace
of adrenaline at all.
cut together delicately,
I think I must confess:
this ugly face is truly
the most beautiful mess.

© Ashley T., Westport, MA

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What I see in the mirror.
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