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Beauty Standards
April 2, 2024
my boundless insecurities can no longer be contained,
for when i scroll through instagram, i am forever pained,
as girls flaunt their seemingly perfect bodies,
while mine is speckled, my face, dotty,
this level of sheer perfection, i’ll never obtain.
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