Fake It
Smile for the camera.
Click,
Snap.
The flash of light temporarily
Blinds the eyes.
Then post,
Done.
The whole world still
Doesn’t know that the pictures lie.
Smile,
Say “cheese”.
Then once the picture’s done,
The smile wipes
Right off like mascara.
Grin,
Smile.
Then once the picture’s taken,
The smile wipes
Right off like lipstick smears.
Happy lies,
Smile lies.
You fake it so
No one knows.
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on April 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 408 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
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