Model Beauty

Jan. 26, 2003

Toss out the wilting flowers
Held by the wafer girls
Trash the gauzy glare
Of the glamorpusses

Forget the perfect features
Of the fairy-tale femmes
Never mind the mechanical
Chill of the distant dames

Give me the covers
Give me the plush
Give me the folds
Give me the lush

Factor out the fraudulent
The fake, the phony
Fear the absence
Of imperfection

Brush off the brutal
Brine of model beauty
Tear out the glossy pages
Of that one false duty

Give me the hair
Tangled with sweat
Give me the heart
That beats stronger yet

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