I Has a Poem :3

[Twi]

Had to write poems in Creative Writing, and I'm rather happy with how this one turned out. :3

Skin Deep

Plain Jane
Hidden
under
Ink. Dark Shadows. Fluffy tresses.
Lost in the Uncanny Valley-
SURFACING
as a perceived, porcelain person.
She bends breaks Botox
To achieve that natural glow
A Frankenstein of Beauty
TRANSFORMATION: Complete
Societal Monster Barbie

Vain Jane
She just wants to be beautiful
Why not be
just

Plain

Jane?

[Eggbert]

This was a weird poem.

[Twi]

We weren't allowed to rhyme. D:

You got the message right? I think it's pretty straight forward.

[Eggbert]

That she was trying too hard to be pretty and that she should just use her natural looks?

[Twi]

Basically. It's a bit deeper than that though.

American society has a very high standard on what is beautiful, and people often do crazy things in order to achieve such unrealistic beauty (symbolized by Barbie, who is an idealistic view of a woman, and Botox). We're also a consumer society (Frankenstein, Botox and Barbie again). Plain Jane falls into the Uncanny Valley while trying to make herself into what is perceived as beautiful and turns into the Societal Monster Vain Jane. She becomes an abomination of thick makeup, sparkly fake nails, hair highlighted to hell, a skin cancer tan and Botox injection sites (Frankenstein of Beauty).

The greatest part of all this?

Spoiler: (highlight to view)

All of the above was extracted after the poem was finished. Very little of it was thought of during the actual writing. I found depth in my own poem that I originally hadn't thought of when writing it in the first place. XD

Also a stock aesop on how true beauty is who you really are etc.

[Oz the Gay and Powerful]

I liked it. The word choice was bizarre and that made it interesting to read.

[Twi]

Thanks

Again, it's another thing we have to do when writing poetry. D:

Make things as vague and interpretable as possible.

[BobbyTheCat]

Strange, but interesting. I like it.

[StarFox]

I really like it. Very nice wording.