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Paper Girl
Posted by Jessablue, Feb 14, 2009. 1507 views. ID = 2339
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There's a picture of a girl on my wall.
She said I have to be perfect.
How can I be perfect
When I am flesh and bone,
Not paper, plastic or perfume.
She said I should lose weight,
Said my arms aren't thin enough.
Somebody destroy this paper girl.
What does she know of my world?
She's a cutout, an expression.
A huge impression
On the millions of real girls
who turn their beauty plastic.
Remember,
It's not murder to burn paper.
But it is murder when a beautiful girl burns herself,
because she was told she should be perfect.
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Comments
Douglas
Feb 16, 2009 | A very nice premise. I've added this to the featured gallery. Welcome to the site! :)
~Posted by Douglas, Feb 16, 2009 | 
Niconic
Feb 23, 2009 | Thank you for this, I had my daughter read it as well.
~Posted by Niconic, Feb 23, 2009 |
Jessablue
Feb 25, 2009 | :) I'm glad I could help. I have a huge collage of cut outs from seventeen magazine and cosmo & such on a wall in my bedroom, and one day I just got sick of seeing those unrealistic images.
~Posted by Jessablue, Feb 25, 2009 | 
Audrey_E_Marquis
Nov 2, 2009 | I totally understand the message behind this, and I relate. You relay it beautifully. Well done!
~Posted by Audrey_E_Marquis, Nov 2, 2009 | 
Frank
Mar 31 | I really liked the message... but thats it!
Imagination specks quite nicly into this.
~Posted by Frank, Mar 31 |
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