after the liberation
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AFTER THE LIBERATIONby Rayanda
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters and events portrayed in this work are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
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After the Liberationby Rayanda
She's enjoyed being nineteen
these past ten years,
but it takes longer nowadays
to get made-up
into a post-liberated woman
of the twenty-first century.
She arches her brows
to pluck the years away,
after erasing her troubles
with expensive creams
paid for by
she can't remember
which lover.
She thinks nothing at all
of making over the truth
to seduce the mirror
into telling lovely lies.
She leans a little closer
to bleach her mustache,
then steps back to tease
her freeze-dried hair.
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She brushes her teeth
bright and clean,
to talk dumb and dirty
to the men she
teases and pleases
into escorting her
to all the places
she can't afford.
Not with bills,
ever coming
bills to pay.
She banged up
her car again.
One more blemish
she brushes aside
with her designer blush.
She paints a pretty picture
with ultrasoft mink,
transforming two pale lines
into plump, ripe beauties
a little too good
to be true.
That'll do.
There's no time
for critical thought,
only for one last look
before she presses
her lips together
to kiss her creation.
—Rayanda
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