Submissions by JMMontgomery

All the fake lashes
And overfilled lips
Shards of acrylic stuck on fingertips
Inflatable asses and silicone breasts
Give this whole Barbie delusion a rest

Faces injected until they can’t move
Can show no emotion but look 22

Pose with your back arched, it makes your butt bigger
Suck in your stomach, your waist will look thinner
Now shoulders back and turn to the side
That way your torso won’t look so wide

Your hair is too thin! You need these extensions!
Your thighs are too thick, you need liposuction!
The...

Take me home tonight before I perish in the cold
I’m only 27 but my heart feels bruised and old
I’ve swallowed and I’ve smoked away my money and my youth
I don’t know who I am today
I cannot find the truth

She did that to herself, they say
She chose this busted path
She’ll never ask for help and now we’ll watch the aftermath

We’ll revel in every sordid detail of her sin
We’ll sit with bated breath as the unraveling begins
Of course we’ll shed a tear because she’s broken and in pain
But mostly her demise has come to keep us...

My brother, my friend
I write this to tell you
You’ve got me til the end
If things ever derail you
When life catches you off guard
When shit fails you
When it all gets too hard
Sometimes it feels empty and
Sometimes it feels pointless
I know better than most
The condition called hopeless
But you told me the truth then
When I couldn’t see past the drink
Because it brought the anesthesia
I thought I needed
Because life sucked, and life hurt
And you loved me then
When I couldn’t love myself
And I...

I wish you well.
I hope you have all you desire.
I love to watch you build your empire
One head at a time,
Each one a rung in the ladder towards your ultimate supremacy.
But I don’t cheer so loud.
I can’t catch my breath to shout for you.
I try to celebrate you but it hurts
Because you’ve built your kingdom
On our broken backs.