PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

I do not readily rely upon the superficial use

of over indulged feminine artifice

nor would I dare to merely just guess

that any such confession simply could suffice

with but a singular swipe of some cheerfully

off the cuff, infatuated finesse

instead I would much rather wipe from my

carefully masked features

a smirk filled smear of grim casualness

Helena Rubinstein took the old kitchen style

of cosmetics

and rolled it into a very big business

now Cover Girl , Arden and Mary Kay too

dominate the the global media with their own

brand of marketable beauty blitz

but who gave the business world such shallow

right to blanket numerous fear and flaw

with artfully applied pancake mix

the same sort of people who churned out

Marilyn Monroe all baby dolled up but

falling apart inside from lack of any real

self confidence

suffering as well from acute loneliness

I think I would rather remain my natural self

with all the milk fed pale skin scrubbed fresh

and soap clean

instead of some ghastly clown like creature

with puffy raccoon's eyes at 3am

removing the last of her war paint before bed

with Kleenex and Vaseline

how can any woman hope to be accepted for her

true self if she does not expose the 'real' her

to your every day male

let the real men judge for themselves

the real women verses 'The Cosmetically Incorrect'

one created by a pretty young beauty consultant

at Belks trying her hardest to score a big sale

Come on Ladies

open your newly unmascaraed eyes and see

yourselves for who you really are

individuals

first and for most

not every day movie starlets in the perfect

making

but real women from all walks of life

women who's faces are vastly different

but all the more naturally lovely

simply because it was God given

and not hastily extracted from a glop of

colored goo in a cold cream jar..............

(Sept. 14, 1997)