Tuesday, March 25, 2014

A defaced book cover

someone defaced the book, Masks, scribbling across
her face, harshly outlining her slanted eyes, distorting
the sensual curve in her smile,
I'd rip off the cover and throw it away,
but a book without a
cover seems so naked, yet, this woman
on the cover has been violated, her right to attract
a wandering reader's gaze has been taken, no one wants
to set eyes on these black lines across her face, around
her sensual lips that merely wanted to smile, to show
her perfect teeth, her slightly opened lips,
inviting you into her world.

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