Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Ode to the Duckface

Ode to the Duckface
Lookin' in the mirror,
one eyebrow up
          one down,
head slightly tilted,
    pursed lips,
coated with shine lipstick,
Duckface.
Waking up in the
      morning,
tiered sleep filled eyes,
  messy bedhead
smeared black eye-liner,
mirror shines bright,
Duckface.
Driving in a car,
         looking hot,
music blasting
     Lana Del Ray,
leaning in close to see
Tilted rear-view mirror,
Duckface.
It makes big girls
    look skinny,
skinny girls skinnier,
ugly girls
     look pretty
time for a pic!
Duckface.
Walls of blank gray,
hard metal square
   graffitied
 stall doors,
crowded quarters,
Huge silver full length mirror,
Duckface.
Drinking, guzzling, pounding,
the night away,
deeper and deeper
      you go,
snap, snap, snap,
       Pose,
Duckface.
Facebook wall
posting, posting, posting,
male,
        female,
it makes you look
   fucking awesome,
Duckface.
Morning after,
waking up in a haze
   of enjoyment,
Looking to your left,
remembering, remembered,
    coyote ugly
Duckface.









6 comments:

  1. I love that you did it to taking pictures of the duckface... I would have to say that is unexpected! Nice work!

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  2. This kinda just made my day. :D

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  3. This is awesome! Haha I loved reading this! Very Orignial!

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  4. Thank you all so much, I decided to write a "generational" poem all college students can relate to and would hopefully enjoy.

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  5. This is almost a how-to manual on the photographic phenomenon. I like the satire that comes with the territory, and it makes me smile to see the lines "it makes you look/fucking awesome," since it almost always does not.

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