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what do we wish for when we see beauty?

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to be beautiful.

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we think happiness must be connected with it,

but that is an error.

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when i see a beautiful woman

i envy her beauty,

but i wonder:

has she been loved?

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i see the answer clearly

in her perfect mask—

painted with agonizing care.

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in the details of her beauty

i see the complexity of her

despair.

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just another lonely creature,

a rare black mare,

surrounded by admirers—

praising her because they cannot love her.

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beauty is not something to wish for.

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[ photo: ‘Death Of An Image’, Andrea Galvani ]