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Perfect

January 28, 2024
By linleighdenney27 BRONZE, Nevada, Missouri
linleighdenney27 BRONZE, Nevada, Missouri
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6:00am

Snooze your alarm 3 times because no one really wants to wake up at 6

And nobody's 

Perfect

6:24am

Lazily roll over and try to get up

Turn the light on even though it hurts your eyes

Like burning your retinas with the sun

In the process, stare at your phone until you absolutely need to get up

6:35am

Head downstairs, chug water, brush your teeth, and your hair

A mangled messy mop that’s hard to tame

all because you slept with wet hair 

because you couldn’t be bothered to blow dry it 

6:42am

Back upstairs to perfect your face

Mascara, blush, and highlight

Just because I like the sparkles

and don’t forget to cover your blemishes 

Gotta make sure you look 

Perfect

7:03am

Time to fight through piles of clothes to find the perfect outfit

First outfit

Bad

Second outfit

Still bad

Third outfit

Like the top, Hate the pants

Finally, decide on one that’s good enough

But still not 

Perfect 

7:14am

Turn on the straightener

Straighten your already straight hair

Just so its 

Perfect

7:21am

Finish anything you need to do

Deodorant, body spray, perfume

Curl eyelashes one last time

Just so they’re 

Perfect

7:30am

Shoes, lunchbox, water bottle, backpack

Head out the door on your way to school

And pretend to be 

Perfect


The author's comments:

Hi, I'm Linleigh, I'm a freshman in high school. I am very involved with my school. I'm in my school's band and I play tennis and volleyball. This piece is very real to me and other girls my age. We are pressured to always be perfect. I think social media and societal expectations. I wrote this for class and my teacher really liked it and she recommended I post it here. I hope you like it!


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