Society Says....

Kenneth R. Jenkins 1961 (Augusta, GA)



I am not pretty
I am not fat,
I am not tall enough,
Too short,
To thin,
My hair's not long enough
My hair's too short
Not pretty.
Not looking my best
I am ugly!
Society says
I am
Too this
I am not that
Society says
So they say to me
So they say to you,
All these things and more.

8 Dec. 99
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Submitted by Kenneth R. Jenkins on August 24, 2019

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Characters 289
Words 65
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 18, 1

Kenneth R. Jenkins

Freelance writer, poet, podcast host/producer, minister,devoted husband living in Savannah, GA. Author of three books of poetry. more…

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