Ugly

Molly K. Mitchell
Nov 5 · 1 min read

It just was.

Maybe I did want it to look bad.
Maybe I was showing people that makeup and camera angles are lies.

In the picture I look like a troll.

Maybe I am a troll, and it’s the lipstick that’s lying.

Maybe I’m old. It’s cold, so I feel old.
Just the time change, and the winter?

I dunno.
Ask in May.

Maybe I should feel free to be ugly.
Maybe I should stop caring what people think.

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Molly K. Mitchell

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I’ve been writing since forever, publishing here since May. I have a history and a future, but the present is where I’m speaking.

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