Skin+Deep

By Harrison Pyros She pressed The blood red Tube of lipstick Against her full lips. She was so pretty. So beautiful. So desirable. Delicately She applied black Eyeliner against her Bronzed skin. Her eyes fluttered open. Blue and green clashing together. A stare that could kill. She brushed <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">A stand of golden <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Hair out of her angel <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Face and looked <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">In the mirror. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">But the thing that looked back <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Was not pretty. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Was not beautiful. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Was not desirable. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">It was a skinny, <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Wrinkled, <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Grey hag <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">With red snake eyes <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">And thin, disgusting hair. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">The thing smiled <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">As did the girl; <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Its teeth missing and brown, <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">And its cheeks had <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Sunken into the face. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">But the thing <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">In the mirror <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Was not a random creature. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">No, it had been there forever. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">The thing in the mirror <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.33px;">Was the girl.
 * <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Skin Deep **