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Smiling For Show

January 24, 2017
By AnastayshaMarie GOLD, Cullman, Alabama
AnastayshaMarie GOLD, Cullman, Alabama
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That smile

I used to think it real,

but reality is so much more

s t r e t c h e d

AndFakeAndForced

a strange mix 

it twists your beauty

into a fake replica

of something too precious,

like using 

board-game money

at a gas station.

So much pressure

to create 

that diamond of a smile,

glittering

yet

strong,

How many times

I was the cause

of that smile,

is nothing compared 

to the reasons

I am the cause

of its demise.



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