Pasture

Beauty queens…

Or so they seem

Until you see them close

Revealing

Nothing natural

Nothing honest

But their desire to deceive

They fall into

This cultures whole

But by no fault of their own

They say

“We’re victims, we had no choice.

Mama told me so.”

So skinny now

Just what I said

Skin and skin and skin and bone

Sickly like…

Abandoned horses

When they’ve grown too old to keep pace.

Reviews

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it really
isn't their fault
they fall into a trap
for whatever reason