Slice away the layers of imperfection,
purge down to the bone.
Meat slides off under the scalpels stare,
or the degeneration of the body through starvation.
Beauty is pain.
Chip away the bone,
rearrange the flesh.
Beauty is proportion.
Imperfections can be cauterized,
blemishes can be powdered.
Thick masks of make-up,
hide the hollow human beneath.
The flawed and the broke
are handed emotional razors.
Slide the blade down your mental wrist,
tumble into depression and bleed happiness
from your shattered mind.
The ugly are not welcome in Plastic America.
What do you think?
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wow.
this is... so true.
"Imperfections can be cauterized,
blemishes can be powdered."
they can, but then what do you get?
amazing cynicism. the last line, especially, hit home
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Thank you.
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Great write and I agree with reader below I was look for a couple more "beauty is.." lines myself. I am surprised also that you didn't recieve a bunch of negative comments from the plastic people. I would say it appears they are dying out, but you know that's a lie.
Keep on writing and I will keep on reading.
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ditto to all the below wonderful piece but you knew that already.. touchy subject I am not surprised that you didn't get a lot of neg criticism cause bubblegum barbies don't usually check out our work now do they.. *smirks*
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Lol, they can't even read. Thanks.
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The thing I like about this poem is that you can't just scan through it, you really have to pay attention to all of it. a couple more 'Beauty is....' lines would have been good, but it stands up to alot that I've come across.
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Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed.
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Woah
This has such impact. It sure as hell packs a punch.
I loved it.
America is ruled by beauty of the body, not the soul.
So is the whole world
This is amazing
xoxo.
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It's sad, for the body decays but the imprint we leave behind, our souls our energy and memory, it never will. Yet we focus on the trivial, for we are trivial. >.>
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Fact of the matter is, the world sucks because of the people in it
Bodies never last. Impressions and memories do.
Once again, great write.
xoxo.
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Wow. A very very strong message in this.
Did I like this? No.
I phucking loved it.
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I believe the ugly flock to plastic ( surgeon ) America to be fixed up like little Frankensteins!
Great writing!
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Hehe, yup. Thanks.
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I like this poem alot. the one I wrote on politics got a lot of negative critasm but his is so true and different cause its true that it just makes it that much more interesting to read. Great work hope to read more...
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Anything with an agenda gets negative feedback, just brush it off my friend. Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed.
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Love the title, one that to me has a double meaning. Like fake people and than those that go under the knife to make themselves more beautiful. Than again they can be one and the same, holding beauty to ransom, demanding a life perfect. Your poem is an amazing write, a well written piece on peoples obsession with plastic in regards to body parts.
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Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed, this poem seems to have hit a lot of people in the sort time I've posted it.
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This is OH SOOO FREAKIN GREAT!!!! Whoo hoo!!!! You got my muse going now. Time to crank out a disgusting poem. I'll never go to a plastic surgeon now.
Of course if I am in the mortuary, I won't give a rats ass what they do to me
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Hehe, thank you. Plastic surgeons scare me.
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fricking brilliant. I love the tone of this that you capture so well in your writing, the truths you tell and the beauty that comes out of something so dark....????///
Beauty is pain
beauty is proportion
tumble into depression and bleed happiness
aye, enough of pasting your write.. Did I mention I really like this!
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Thanks, glad you enjoyed.
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Should of called it barbie girl though! lololol
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Life as plastic...it's fantastic!!!
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Great write. Sadly all of this is true. So many people strive for perfection but don't realize that there's no such thing. My favorite line was "Beauty is pain."
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I find more perfection in a flawed person then a model. Glad you enjoyed.
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This is amazing.
"The flawed and the broke
are handed emotional razors.
Slide the blade down your mental wrist,
tumble into depression and bleed happiness
from your shattered mind."
This is genius. Seriously.
Wonderful write =]
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Thank you. I think a lot of people can relate to it.
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Yeah, I'm sure alot definitely could.
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