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[hercondolences]

Don't show me long, lean legs that haven't seen the light of day
a stenciled brow
laundered insignificance .

don't show me perfect product labels,
glistening and doctored for service
consumeristic pornography

don't show me modern sensations,
Instagram midriff followers
Unsavory youtube comments
tribal tattoos
wild divine feminine propaganda
yoga circle jerks
selfies
"nutritional facts"
densely populated areas
yelling fathers at playing children

don't show me pillage of the human psyche
sequestered by social media,
influence abroad
disconnected home

don't show me what's good for the goose is good for the gander
tit for tat
an eye for an eye
waste of time
no pain, no gain
one size fits most

don't show me pretentiousness
pretense
predisposition
prenuptials
prescriptions

don't show me technological convenience
eternal impatience
lack of common ground

all can be seen in trees cut for telephone poles,
mountains with varying weather systems, teetering vulture wings.
in scattered crystal stones,

store-backs with doors open and eyes on grazing employees
expansive, forgiving, resilient, relentless deserts,
gratitude of a mother over a sleeping babe