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Nov 2017
Rules
Don't bare your shoulders
You'll be a ****
Don't dare bare your legs above the knee
You'll be easy
and
Don't even think about any cleavage
Because your be asking for it

But
Don't wear that shirt
You’ll be a *****

And
Don't wear those pants
They don't cost enough

And
Don't wear makeup
You’ll be fake

Don't eat that
You won't be skinny like the rest of them
Don't post that
You aren’t pretty enough
Don’t believe that
It’s wrong

Don’t
Don’t
Don’t

Society whispers in my ear
Another rule to follow
But why
Why am I not good enough
Why do I have to change

I listen though
To maybe feel that moment of belongingness
It can build me up
But it never fails to tear me down

And at the end of the day
When I am alone
pajamas on
no makeup
no one judging
Who am I?
Because I don't know
Lauren LeDonne
Written by
Lauren LeDonne  Maryland
(Maryland)   
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   Lior Gavra
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