OBSESSION OF THE SHALLOW

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JOURNAL # 37

the dark hold the pale
up in a strange high regard
while so many who are pale
themselves foolishly
seek out commercial means
to darken their own frames
via the tanning beds
and chemical spas
for the pale
and for the darkly obsessed
its lightening facial
creams
such crazy
'must change my features now'
endeavors
these sad sad schemes
I am immensely saddened by
such shallow themes
and cannot further comment
without my own prejudice
on their vile extremes...........
(April 3, 2010 826am)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

this came from a discussion I had with a friend on race and how dark people want lighter skinned people and how white people lay in tanning beds to make themselves darker and how shallow all that seems in the scheme of things.

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Incredibly deep, glad I

Incredibly deep, glad I stopped by!