Be Pretty

It's not a waste of lipstick when you only leave kiss marks on the blotting paper. On your shiny reflection, when you lean in too far while checking for smudges. On the back of your hand, to see how the shade looks against skin and sun. Your femme residue is not waste.

It's okay to get dolled up for yourself. You're not wasting an outfit. You can be both performer and audience. Make an effort to impress, and then applaud! Neither laundry soap nor effort is being wasted.

It is not waste when you keep growing hundreds of selfies in your files. That storage space is being used well; you keep yourself in it. You are just as worthy of documentation as any other person or phenomenon. You are not wasting your attention when you turn it to your own face.

[This is me addressing myself, and is not intended to be relevant to anyone else's situation. If it is, that's fine, but if it's not, that's fine too. After all, it's not a waste for me to write for myself and myself only.]