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Onstage (A Companion to Backstage)

November 6, 2014
By MoonBean PLATINUM, Lafayette, Colorado
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MoonBean PLATINUM, Lafayette, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
"Be a girl with a mind, a woman with attitude, and a lady with class." ~Unknown

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Head high

smile wide

 

eyes bright

stand at full height

 

glossed lips

lean in and kiss

 

those perfect grades

and social life.

 

Pause for makeup,

practice you smile,

but you're thinking all the while

 

it's     just    an    

act-

I mean, yes.

 

I'm fine.

© Sean C., Princeton, IL

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