Fakeup

August 5, 2014

makeup is a breakup

and makeup is a lie

disconnecting who you really are

and portraying who you think

we want you to be

makeup is faked up

faces

you’re hiding behind

goo-covered lashes

makeup covers up

the wounds and gashes left by

society and acne

makeup causes a blackening

of your internal fire

a darkening that is alarming

you think it makes us pretty

but really it’s harming us

you think you need it

because they charge 39.95 for a tube

of freaking plastic

it makes me so damn sick that

you think you aren’t beautiful

without something that costs you

money

honey that is a lie

the greatest lie ever told

if I wanted to get rich off makeup

I would convince you that you needed it

and i would engrain it into your brain

so that without makeup

you would never ever feel beautiful

again

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