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TRUE COLORS
As I think of the magazines precise description of True Beauty
Another of the Gov's neglected duties
Not paying attention to the images we 're forced to See
And the choices made because of these images I can
Only take to a tolerable degree
The Anorexic Boys and Girls blinded by a simple Illustration
& Who's to blame besides the Nation
I can withstand the judgment upon me
But I can't and won't acknowledge the picture of
Beauty being concrete
Ultimately viewing the world, I see gray
Not black or white & others should see the world on
The same display
But Gray, so stereotyped and man made?
Also a picture added to the masquerade
Reality? The world's color is a dye
Mixed in a Bottle only meant to supply
Written by Renita Sykes a.k.a Unabbreviated Thoughts
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