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makeup MAG
September 16, 2014
she bows to
the ruler,
lips feverish,
eclipsing her eyes,
encrusting lashes to
avoid lashes from
the whips of
society
conformity is
a form of worship –
and still she kneels.
© Jessica T., Cincinatti, OH
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i was inspired mostly by the pressure i feel from society about wearing makeup and how teenage girls have so many "standards" to live up to; we all must look gorgeously fake