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Published: 2010-01-30 07:36:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 139; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 3
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Jesus Christ,Are you there?
It's me, Silvia.
Where did you go?
I've been searching everywhere.
It seemed like only yesterday I was graduating high school,
I got my diploma and went to school again:
Fashion.
All I wanted.
Fame.
Glitter, glamour lights, party boys,
Music, scandals,
I live for it.
I moved out of my rickety shack,
No more Marilynn,
No more Judy,
I won't hear them anymore.
I'm gonna grow up and be something,
I'll prove them wrong.
School never did much for me:
All I wanted was a runway.
So I left the dingy place
And went on to be something better.
I still need to pay my bills
And my expensive coke addiction.
Fueled by lust and greed,
I went out on the pole,
Naked and hungry.
I slept in the streets that night.
I woke up to a family hastily passing me.
My bra was undone,
My dollar bills were gone.
Where would I go?
Loving, kind, smart Bill.
Funny, sexy, savvy Bill.
Oh yes, Bill.
He took me in,
I was his bitch.
I did what he asked,
I did what I was told,
And I still wake up with bruises.
I just want to live my dream,
I get an interview with a fashion queen.
Finally a chance to strut my stuff,
All she has to say is:
"You're...
Too much."
So I ate
And ate
I ate
And ate.
Then it all went down the drain.
Diet pills, laxatives,
Anything at all.
The surgeon told me he could
Fix me up a bit,
I took whatever I could get.
"Perfect."
She says,
I get dressed up,
I walk the line.
Straight faced,
Force fed fashion.
This is what I want.
This is what I need.
I want to be rich,
I'm famous;
I want to be great,
Call me Caesar.
Well it got to that point,
Where I had to choose between
Do I want to die a catwalk model?
Or do I want to live the life
Of a motivation speaker?
Call out my name,
It's all over the magazines.
Touch me, smack me,
I want you to hurt me.
Blow me, kill me,
I'm a drug, a disease.
All I wanted to do was sparkle,
And I ended up with this.
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Comments: 3
Hmm. I would like to see this as a short story, or a play. It's very beautifully written!
My only question is this: In the line, "And I still wake up with bruises", shouldn't it be in the past tense, for clarity's sake? That's probably my favorite line, I think it really captures the hopelessness of her situation.
All in all, very good work!
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You're absolutely correct. It bothers me so much when I notice things don't fit in with the tenses.
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You may not like it, but I've lived enough to understand it. I'm sorry. Nobody should ever be subjected to the kind of pain that we have dealt with.
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