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The Fairest One
Beauty
An evanescent indulgence
Manifesting naturally
effortlessly
For too few
Beauty
Smothered with pale powder
bloody lips
and black eyes
For too many
Contempt ensues
Jealousy arises
And the beast emerges
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who’s the fairest one of all?
The beast damages the mind
quells the confidence
and agonizes the body
The Beast is not Beauty
Beauty is the Beast

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