A Teens’ Daily Costume

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A smile can be placed on,

Just as a pair of shoes,

Just as a shirt,

Just as a pair of pants,

One leg at a time,

 One arm at a time,

A smile may be placed on like pungent red gliding across the lips in a stick,

 A smile can be inserted like slender metal poles of an ear adornment,

To be sealed with backings,

 

A smile has substance as rich as the finest chocolate directly calling to decadence,

To be placed so perfectly with white in exposure,

Engraved in alignment,

Rippled on edges confirmed by dimples,

 The face houses its contents,

As the smile holds secrets,

 

Eyes see all,

Know all,

And reveal all,

A glaring grin is often contradicted by hazy eyes,

Filled with an unknown source of discontent,

Pain as clear and poignant’

As the sky is gray,

Smoldering before a heavy rain,

As the sea kisses the sky,

The sky kisses the sea,

Embracing each other’s reflection,

Alike a smile and the eyes,

Unlike the sky the smile may be bright while the eyes are gloomy in disagreement,

 Eyes are incapable of fallacies.

 

The smile that is often hard to wear belongs to,

The face pushed in the ground to greet the floor,

 While others consume the air around him,

Above him,

Clearly he doesn’t deserve to breath,

Airways temporarily disconnected by a clasp of hands,

Silence,

No one sees,

 

The smile that is often hard to wear belongs to,

The slitting and tearing of flesh,

Deep under woven layers,

Whispers run rampant,

 She sits in the corner alone,

Ears receive,

Freak,

Weirdo,

She sends a glaring smile,

Ignorant as her mind runs through orange slices,

The slitting,

Peeling; removal of the skin,

Layers deep beneath the pores surface,

Layers,

Crimson as a blood orange,

 

Smiles are plastered on just as backpacks are carried,

Filled with all of our favorite things,

The naked eye is often blind,

Blind to the face meeting the ground,

Even though clearly in sight they choose not to see,

Minds consumed and filled with things,

Eyes constantly open,

 Receiving and telling things,

 

Be the hand that gives the face on the floor air,

Be the smile to give the face on the floor life,

Be the eye that receives the girls smile,

 To return it with eyes filled with concern,

Be the change,

 

How do you wear your smile?

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