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What is Perfect MAG

February 17, 2014
By _angiem823 GOLD, Island Park, New York
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_angiem823 GOLD, Island Park, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"If I can't have love, I'll take sunshine."

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Pore by pore,
I've seen the faults
in my skin.
Mirrors shard and
perfect pierces my ears.
When acne speckled
my forehead and my
eyebrows needed a tweeze,
he whispered beautiful. What
is beauty? Another glance
at a reflection, but
I'll never see my eyelids
flutter during REM or watch
the wrinkles around my
lips when I smile.
But he thinks I'm beautiful,
so don't let me ever be perfect.

© Hadley B., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
This was inspired by the John Green quote "Humans lack good mirrors." I hope that this will make some young girls like me see that they don't have to fit society's perception of perfect.
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