You Don't Like My Dress?

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You don't like my dress? 

 

Neither do I. At all, really. 
But I won't change it for you.

 

Or myself, for you,
Or the world, for you,
Or for anyone, for that matter. 

 

When I go into that bedroom, 
And lower the blinds,
And turn up the lights,
And tear off this frock, 

 

I will look in the mirror 
And I will see
Me. 

 

A face that is mine and a body that is mine.

 

And as I'm looking, I'll tilt my head and furrow my brow,

 

And unhook my brassiere, 
Giggling as I watch my round breasts bounce freely.
Such beautiful things should never be changed.

 

Like the curve of my back, I notice as I turn away from the mirror.

 

Or the length of my thighs.

 

Or the brows above my eyes that speak a language foreign to none.

 

I am 
One. 

 

One beautiful soul among beautiful souls.

 

And I rise to the occasion when I look you in the eye and I say I'll change nothing for woman nor man.

 

Take it or leave it--
My breasts, 
My thick-brow'd eyes,
The hair between my substantial thighs--

 

Will never change for you.

 

I'll never change for you. 

 

Because I am lovely in the heart and in the nude.

 

And with that being said, 
Let me slip into something a little more comfortable. 
 

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