“The prettiest of pretty”

“Perfect as can be”

Oh sweetie

That’s not what I see

No I’m not perfect

All I see are the mistakes

The 2s on my report card

The 1s on the way

I may be stereotypically “pretty”

But I’m just a girl with pretty makeup

at the end of the day

I got third in the state

But 3 is not equal to number 1

I may have worn a dress and flat ironed hair

But no I’m not perfect

Because I didn’t get in first

1 is always being fought over

Whether a pageant, school, a

competition, or a sport

The first spot is the only one with

a trophy

All the losers get is the winners pity

People think I’m pretty

Some may even say I fall in the

category of perfect, but what all this bullshit is is really fucking poison.