03/01/2021 - Poem a Day Compilation
Who wants to be on the cover of a magazine?
All soft filters and photoshop.
I’d rather be the natural me
With lumps, bumps and imperfections.
Don’t try to sell me any beauty mags,
I’ve seen their unrealistic body ideals;
Give me Australian Geographic instead,
Filled with wonder, awe, and inspiration.
You can keep your page threes and centrefolds
With their unrealistic body types
That lead to unrealistic expectations
Which I will certainly not live up to.
I don’t need your trashy gossip mags,
Dishing out troubles for entertainment;
Show me intelligence and insight, please,
It’s worth far more than the cover price.
I love it! I want my two girls to be like this! Too many young girls/women focus on glossy mags & think “this is what I have to look like”’!
ReplyDeleteNot just that, it's the idea of celebrity over substance. So many kids want to BE famous, not gain fame for DOING something.
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