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~ Don’t tell me sell te tease me or try to please me with your idea(l)s of physical
beauty or with your creaseless skin and pouty lips—bee stung, they’re called—.

A MOTHER'S PLEA
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e my sanity "hair your flair your all too thin legs pivoting on too high backbreakers. Break your When we do use our voice—to speak the truth,
back (or lie on it) for gross amounts of money as you moan about the hours the people choose to ignore and turn the other way
oni travel the heat the work! In those places where your salary is higher than the When we do find our inner strength -
rsh reality. GNP and where people can’t even dream about youthfulness...the rest of and begin to express our needs and desires,.. j
: society kowtows to you. You insist on focusing on the brain behind the body how quickly there are those who choose to scorn. “>,
I feel ae pent up anger. honey we don’t want to know about that it holds no glamour no glory, but your ee
The light is dim and fading fast. 5'10” 105 Ibs junk food and other goodies existence your (insured) body we all To succumb to silence is to die!
This pain will always linger, want that. Don’t toss your styled for 2 hours casual tresses this way, sharing a
even when the worst has past. morsel of your short-lived “beauty” as you flash your whiter-than pearly whites There are those who judge blindly—
and bat your naturally false eyelashes at reality. Mirror mirror on the wall how rather than listen quietly.
Close ones, those who would be my much makeup can I haul and do I stall this body’s needs so I can achieve those : They cast accusations quickly,
friend o fantasies? For the fairest of us all is the tallest the latest the youngest is now while spitting venom at our feeet.
in my grief are pushed aside. the greatest in the fickle memories of the world and the harsh lens of the
Help me break this lonely trend, camera. Don’t hide what's there when the crap is peeled away and you can The women sees—but she does not speak
honestly say you don’t need to prop up your self-esteem through a glossy for fear of intimidation—and for fear of scorn,....°
magazine. and in doing so,

She loses the very essence of her being.
by Jess Johal A woman learns that she must play the game, ay
in order for her to learn and to grow.
As Lignan must learn to trust and respect one another,
—. s-.regardless of sex, race, or religious preferences.
As writers, We are equal when weuse our voice-—. :
and ‘refuse to be oppressed.

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