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Perfect

In a perfect world

I would have you

I would be pretty

I would be smart

I would be perfect

But perfect doesn’t exist

So instead I go unnoticed

I’m not pretty, no matter how much I put makeup on

I’m failing my classes

This is a cold world

It's far from perfect

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sahra-maxwell
American
Published
May 3, 2013
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