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The New Perfect

July 7, 2014
By TaylorJLutz SILVER, Saginaw, Michigan
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Is this love?
Is love even real?
How am I supposed to know if the T.V. screen doesn’t tell me how to feel?
Here’s the deal
Nowadays we expect make-believe to be reality
When in reality wanting perfect is insanity
I don’t care about perfection
I’m much more interested in failure and correction
And there is no extreme that is too far
That could stop me from telling you
Just be who you are

© Sarah A.,Morristown, TN

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Flaws are the new perfection.
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Olivia-Atlet ELITE said...
on Jul. 11 2014 at 10:40 pm
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
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This is amazing! No other word to describe this. Keep up the great work please, your poetry inspires, and that is a great thing :)