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-mommy, why do actors die in movies?
-mommy, why can't we get a dog?
-mommy, why don't we go to church?
-mommy, where is daddy?
put a filter on it, kid-
don't you ever think before you speak?
Three months.
That's how long I wore makeup in eighth grade-
How long I tried to fit ubiquitous standards.
Solutions for fear of inadequacy:
Beauty cannot be measured,
Nor can it possibly be the only thing that matters,
But perception is reality,
And what the human mind believes instantly morphs into truth,
I am a slave to its tyranny,
