Pretty Girls

with pasty skin
and brown patches
under their arms
and on the smalls
of their backs

and scars from riding bikes
as children
and rings under their eyes
from sleep deprivation
from raising children
that they
did not
want

bruises
on their left thighs
and on their sholders
and cheeks
from marrying the
wrong dude

and brown skin
like chocolate
and all that generic shit
to describe
the beauty
of a brown woman
it's all true
and real
and sick to death
with sincerity

and brown hair
and blond hair
and red hair
especially red hair
cut poorly
but charmingly

and blue eyes
and brown eyes
and black eyes
and blue eyes

and their
incessant
will to
survive