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I know I'm mortal, Shed all that gap in there, And I'm immortal.
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Nov 6, 2025
Nov 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM UTC
I'm Mortal
Her face, flawless and filtered, flows over my chest, ribs, stomach, hips, fitting the curved mounds of my body, and even within simplicity of thread and dye, I sense her presence as her face hangs from my frame, a statement louder than pillow-lips, Nancy Sinatra-hair and a glamorous 60’s ***** face. When paired with leggings and an artfully-distressed denim jacket, I become a member of the “freshman generation of degenerate beauty queens,” a hipster fallen to the circumstance of youth, but I wear her face and the romance of it all reminds me: we are not defined as Lolitas lost in the hood, or distant, airy voices in a sea of crude jokes and half-baked skits meant to highlight shortcomings of a person who doesn’t give two ***** Lana fits me better than my ribbed, red sweater and even amidst gods and monsters, this T-shirt makes pretty last, and I am just as cool.
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Apr 8, 2015
Apr 8, 2015 at 12:33 PM UTC
Ode to My Lana del Rey T-shirt