Unattractive women are seldom seen
on commercials, TV newscasts
or as sideline sports reporters
unless they try to sell products
to overweight people
or people with skin diseases.
Used to be no Black people
or even other minorities
Heaven forbid, mixed race couples
gay people, even, sky falling down,
gay people kissing.
Now the progressive advertisers
tell the wallets about money
and most open wide.
Maybe someday a young girl
shunned because of her looks,
will view a screen and see someone
she knows darn well
is no more beautiful
than she is and buck up,
decide to go for it anyway.
If beauty is in the eye
of the beholder, so is ugly.
Let’s live in the real world
—not on the screen.
Originally published in Down In The Dirt Magazine