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September 22, 2019

I felt your judgment as you stared at me

Blatant disgust at my wisps of colored hair

And with those lipstick caked lips, you declared your decree

I’ve never seen a more silly man than the one over there

Too bad you were looking in the mirror

And I was staring back

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