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Ag H2O


As a rational being, the irrationality of imperfection blinds me to its inherent beauty.
 
Beauty is commonly defined by experts as the measure of how closely an object conforms to the Golden Ratio.
 
Consequently, the Silver and the Bronze have been ignored and left to rust in the sands of time.
 
Daily, men and women struggle to break free from the Golden cage they've trapped themselves in.
 
Even if they give it their all, there is only a 1.618% chance that they will succeed.
 
Freeing a person from oneself requires more energy than that which can be provided by the fission of radioactive elements found in cosmetics.
 
Given the speed at which humanity has transcended space and time, it's a wonder they haven't already eradicated imperfection.
 
Here's to a year of success, one in which the waves from the sea of faces are sucked into the black hole that is the corporate agenda.
 
Investigation of human behavior and their deepest, darkest fears will be critical to the development of new methods of inducing mass conformation.
 
Just the active ingredients matter, as side effects and unintended consequences are of no importance.
 
Kneed the minds of those who fall under the spell and transmute their skin into pure gold.
 
Life does not exist within imperfection.
 
Materials should not be wasted.
 
Never would I believe the words of others over my own thoughts
Only I can change the way in which I view perfection
Previously passive personal feelings surge up
Quell the storm, they say, but I
Refuse to give in to the 
Standards that are not mine
The fact that I am,
That I exist,
That I imagine,
That I observe,
That I understand,
maKes irregularitIes and scars aLl the more noticeabLe to My naked eyEs
but i Say acceptAnce may Very wEll be My key to pErfection
 
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