Monday, April 6, 2009

Spruced Up



The box says that it will give her
all the things that God forgot to.
She believes in its magic
and watches in delight
as she brushes beauty across her face,
guiding a dark ballerina tracing
patterns in the dusty floor
with slippered feet.

Later she will curse halfheartedly
at the mirror and wonder
why beauty is so hard
to get rid of.

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