idea of normal

woke up in a society

that thrives on flaws,

selling all the ways that it

assures one that it can

fix you---

woke up in a society that

puts the thoughts in one’s

head,

that there is an picture of

perfection that one needs

to aspire to---

woke up in a society that

bears no example

of this thing that it says that

we should all be---

woke up in a society that

if you pay it enough,

it will airbrush away,

airbrush away, airbrush away

everything &

it comes up with products that

you can invest in &

it comes with the plastic smiles

that encourage the

fake,

now all that one needs is to

set fire to your own

idea of normal

(whatever comfort you could

actually find) &

succumb to it all,

believe the lie,

accept all that is told to you

regarding how to be &

maybe, just maybe,

they’ll leave you alone.