Beauty in This

02 Oct Beauty in This

a little girl
searches for scissors 
in the junk drawer,  
doll in hand, 
blonde strands
soon fall all over 
the kitchen floor. 
a present from 
her grandpop, 
she quickly cuts 
the faux satin 
knee length dress
into a crop top; 
turns a piece
of duct tape
into a mini skirt.

she runs upstairs: 
one black marker 
makes a black skirt; 
a purple one 
dyes the hair;

a blue Bic
used for eyeliner; 
a red one
for the lips.

and amongst
all the others –  
same makeup, 
same pose, 
same hair, 
same clothes – 

she finds beauty 
in this.

10.02.2007

Included in my self-published e-book, Moths & Moonlight (2011).