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Perfection
November 14, 2014
Perfection is like smoke
Slipping through our fingers
Making us choke
Yet the longing lingers.
It’s impossible to catch
Yet to this idea we latch
And so hard we try
To fit in a box
So we’re not pushed into rocks
And to ourselves we lie.
The world is so obsessed
With this notion
That we act possessed
Trying to go through the motions.
Perfection is a fantasy
That’s driven by lunacy
Pushing us to the brink
Faster than your eyes can blink.
Perfection is nothing but smokescreens and mirrors.
Couldn’t anything be clearer?
Perfection is like smoke
Making us choke.
© Olivia E., Alto, MI
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