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Created on: April 16, 2008 Last Updated: August 08, 2009
Mannequins with
Alabaster skin
Sculpted cheekbones
Lush black lashes
Bowed crimson lips
Chiseled perfection.
Slender hands posed on
Tiny cinched waists
Dressed in high fashion
Always looking perfect
Flirting wordlessly from
Glossy magazines
And bold billboards
Beckoning desires
From those
Desperate to look like
Pretty
Porcelain.
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