Model Musings

Here, ugly is beautiful. 

Awkward is elegant. 

You’d be a fool to want to leave, 

When the outside world is not as kind with adjectives. 

Sailor, 

With red patent leather purse. 

Banana for breakfast (if you’re lucky to get one in), 

Dior for lunch. 

Tousled untidy hair, and vulnerable eyes. 

The face in the mirror does not look familiar. 

Shutter clicks when you briefly register confusion. 

“Stunning!”, you hear someone say. “Do that again.” 

Giant oxblood roses on your shoulder, and swimsuit. 

It’s 25 degrees outside. 

“Can you stay still enough?” 

Translation; 

Control your shivering jaw and quaking body, lest you ruin the shot. 

“I could get used to this”, you wonder. 

Maybe. 

Adorned in jewels and diamonds you can’t borrow. 

And leather that smells too clean. 

© Adenike O. Akinbisehin, ‘Model 2’.