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The Bleeding Red Carpet

I feel like my skin is shrinking
though it never seemed to fit quite right anyways

In a world of paper thin plastic dolls
my edges were always too jagged for "their" bubble
( Careful, it might pop.. )

Oh "beauty is only skin deep" society
why don't you try to wear me
then look at yourself though size 4 eyes
& tell me if your depth-less perception of a 13 year old on diet pills changes

Fuck your "normal"
Fuck your "high class" fashion
( Our worth is not determined by the clothes we wear )
Fuck your cookie cut women
their spray on tans
& silicone confidence

In my world
you are all ants
& I am the kid with the magnifying glass

Written by Kandice Bush (KandiceBush)

Published 8th February 2010 2:45am Read all poems by Kandice Bush
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The Bleeding red carpet

Written on 8th February 2010 3:59am by AC27

Grrrr coming outta the booth baby! That's what I'm talking about ;)

O.o

Written on 8th February 2010 10:31am by .xx-DementedDamsel-xx.

WOw this is well said, I'm loving the poweful images and such an evocative message, I lurrve it =]

fashion

Written on 8th February 2010 12:38pm by Natalya

i really liked it - perfect reflection of our nowadays fashion. i also was struck by the images of "shrinking skin", "jagged edges and a bubble", "cookie cut woman" (the last one is just brilliant, i will probably use it as a metaphor in my every day life lol )
the only change which could be done to this poem is to take words in brackets away. you are giving to many clues to the reader - i'm sure people can understand what you mean without you actually saying it.

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