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Pretty
December 21, 2012
My father told me I had a pretty face.
So I pulled a knife across my left cheek.
I don't want to be "pretty."
My grandmother told me I had pretty hair.
So I chopped off thirteen inches with blunt scissors.
I don't want to be "pretty."
My sister told me I have a pretty voice.
So I haven't said a word in seventeen months.
I don't want to be "pretty."
A boy at school told me I'm pretty.
So I kissed him.
I don't want to be ugly, either.
© Anonymous
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