Poems by Aden Lee and Padma, Skylark Press Studio Braces: A Saga | Page 5

VI.
Three years of youth,
The uneasy smiles,
Kind my captor,
Unkind her bondage.
A yanking, creaking, clipping, bleeding,
poking, sucking, crunching, squeaking,
cringing, aching, whacking, shining,
metallic mess:
Beauty’s price.

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