I Did Wake Up Like This

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I am flawless.

My bushy 'brows,

My blemished skin,

My nappy roots, 

And strecth marks

Are my perfections.

 

At 6 a.m., I am flawless;

At 12 p.m., I am flawless;

At 5 p.m., I am flawless;

At 11 p.m., I am flawless;

At 6 a.m., I am flawless. 

Because I did, indeed, wake up like this:

Flawless.

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