Forever Fair

by Alexander Wilson

Originally published on August 1, 1999

Do not subscribe to that mendacious whim Attesting beauty cannot be too fried, Or coerce God to paint your creamy skin And sculptured form He’s already supplied. Don’t be drawn by film and magazines Portraying sunscarred women as ideal. Let those toothpicks burn to become seen; Your earthly glow is much more scarce and real. [...]