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My beauty is gapped teeth

Round nose, full cheeks

Mahogany flesh, rough palms

Fingers spindly, legs long

My beauty is an imperfect silhouette

A belly that folds

Arms that swing low

Collar bones that show

My beauty is a black dot on my toe

Hair that coils

A gait that is royal

A heart that is loyal to a special few

My beauty is an out-of-tune shower opera

An untamed guffaw 

An ungraceful fall

My beauty is perfect timing 

Broadway star- miming

My beauty is me. My beauty is mine

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Tags: beauty, poetry

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Comment by Kimberly Kerr on June 7, 2012 at 10:56am
gracias!
Comment by Cynthia Amaya on June 7, 2012 at 9:30am

This was a wonderful poem! It's inspiring and refreshing to see a woman embracing her beauty rather than pick at the flaws!


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