Sunday, February 23, 2014

22 of 24 on the 24th February 2014: We are Alverston & Associates because of Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011).



Pageantry
Miss United States of Anorexia
Culture dictates
Globally
Miss Famished India recently
Women to look
Twiggy.
Even men are endangered
Angular to the point
Where there is caloric anger:
Not enough oomph to sustain
Forth
Forever.
Healthy and peremptory
Choices between
Various types of salad leaves
Minus anything other than
Occasional natural colon cleanses.
Reality sacrificed
For a contemporary fad.
Bout with long-term miseries
In thoughtful remission.
Doing as you please
Forfeiting preventive measures
Stating unmindfully:
“Montezuma’s revenge?
Just a legend!”
Its mechanics:
You cannot possibly see
Yourself sprawling about
In contempt as you’re
No longer
Agile nor able to stomach
Pains of the repercussions
Of having subjected your
Body and mind to the
Perils of quick fixes
As early as childhood
Girls and boys pout for perfection.
A physical reality for a numbered
But we’re inundated with it
In media and other ways:
Strive for a size zero
However make yourself
Retain a glow. How?
Answer: Going under the knife
In the hands of a cosmetic surgeon
Until you finally encounter
That cat-like look in the mirror.
With unimaginable artificiality:
Inability to talk or laugh without
Winces and twitches.
Then elect a reconstructive surgeon
In the United States! Not Dubai or Brazil!

Originally released on Monday, May 30, 2011 by Alverston & Associates (we are because of Steve Jobs).

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