Photoshop Woman...
...face wiped
Swiped like a credit card
Each one the same
Teeth and bland...
Hair strands
Succumb to vanity.
Face flat
Cheek bone rouge
Slug lips ...formalderhyde
Sit fat..but tight.
And melon breasts
Blown up
For grown up men
Bare armed
Half naked as a charm ?
Tottering heels
Bunion toe
Not far to go...
Poor crippled thing.
Lipstick cosmetic thick
Moon-shadow on the brow
Pink nails
Carried bag
The gnashing smile
Are everywhere she goes.
A staring
Tight eyed doll
Unblinking
If not... unthinking.
A painted portrait
Of her skin
She’s left herself somewhere
For a twin .
Kristine Byrne
August 30th 2012
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