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A Found Poem
A Found Poem
There's plenty of everyday glamour to embrace
soft and subtle
BOOM!
pastels and vivid shades
I dig it.
Don't debate me.
hottest trends.
Hot!
Sooooo Yesterday:
Lash Tint?
No.
Bikini Wax?
Pah.
Nail Art?
Never.
We skipped them.
We went straight to
Can you guess her age?
50 ways to have fun with your guy!
60 sex tips!
With a naughty twist.
Woah!
Big Boobs.
Total Chic.
Flat, Firm, Fab!
True Trends!
Would you marry a porn star?
Meet guys who did.
Hard Abs Made Easy!
5 steps to bigger biceps.
Sixpack? Sexpack.
Sexiest man alive!
Sexy! Sexier! Sexiest!
The controversial drug YOU need to try!
17 sex moves that build muscle.
Stay true to beauty at any age.
Be Hot!
Sexy!
Believe you can.
50 ways to look better!
Don’t you want to look sexy?
You have to try!
Look Hot! Hot! Hot!
You have
To look sexy.
How about this:
You are glamorous. Embrace it.
Whether you’re
Soft and subtle
Or screaming
BOOM!
Pastels or vivid shades
Are great.
So is being who you are--
Don’t debate me.
You can care about the hottest trends,
But you also have to care about yourself.
Sooooo Yesterday:
Homophobia?
No.
Conforming to you pre-assigned gender at birth?
Pah.
Hating yourself just because of the ways others think of you?
Never.
Go straight to
Can you guess their gender?
Don’t try to.
50 ways to have fun with whoever you want to.
60 ambition tips!
With a brainy twist.
Woah!
Lots of intelligence!
Total wonder.
Wear whatever you want to.
That’s the true trend.
Do you want to be straight?
I don’t care.
Your sexuality is yours to control.
Telling people your pronouns made easy!
5 steps to help coming out.
Gay? Straight? Both are great.
Sixpack? Glad you’re taking care of your body. Don’t stress it, though.
Be whoever you want to be.
Don’t! Conform! To Stereotypical Gender Roles!
The controversial sexuality YOU need to accept!
17 moves that build confidence in who you are.
Stay true to yourself at any age.
Be Brainy!
Or Strong!
Or whoever you want to be!
Believe you can.
50 ways to be you!
You don’t want to be someone else.
Don’t try to.
Be Yourself! Yourself! Yourself!
You have
To be you.
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I actually got this idea from a book I read recently--Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan. For this poem, I took many different quotes from stereotypical beauty magazines and compiled them into an honestly terrifying piece. Then, I reworked it to have a different meaning.