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Reconstructive Criticism
by Michael Degenhardt → (All Poetry by Michael Degenhardt)
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My face, I wished it had been a bit more chiseled
With high cheek bones and even a deeper cleft chin
But it isn’t, so I must learn then to be happy
With me and all the skin I happen to be in

Some things can just never ever be changed
Or, rather today, they shouldn’t be changed just because they can
Like skin color, body mass and higher cheek bones
And even that one that turns a woman to a man

I respect everyone’s right to their own choices
But my choice is to believe we deal with what we get
Learn to embrace the body we were born with
Before we become the person we never met


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 Reviews of "Reconstructive Criticism"
Reviewed by Joel Andre
Reviewed on October 22, 2008
Throught provoking and deep. Being happy with one's image does deliver the greatest form of self love. Wonderful words. Thank you for sharing, it is well written!


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