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Girl...
Her greatest enemy
Was her mirror
There was no escaping
What she saw
When she peered into
The looking glass
There was no peace
Beneath its surface
Only monsters and sin
Like Alice
She fell in
But the world she saw
Was far from pretty
Shadows and lies
Fed on all the tears
She would cry
In a world so distorted
That it would tell someone
That the skin
They where
In was not good enough
Skin
Unlike clothes
You cannot remove flesh
So they carved it
They heated you
Until you where
Melted within
They then shaped you
With fingers down throats
And skipped meals
After you began to look
Just like them
They stuffed you
In a freezer
Until you were ice
Because outer (mature) beauty
Is in
And being nice
Is out
Happiness is worth
Nothing
In a world
Where how attractive
You are
Determines
How important
You are
So tell me girl
Would you trade it all in
Your smile
Your mind
Your soul
Your virtue
Would you give it all in
And turn yourself in
Give them your skin
So they can turn you
Into another
Into another
Girl

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