XI. Beautiful

[VELMA]
FOR SO LONG
I SAW MYSELF SO BADLY
STUPID AND LAZY
SAD AND CRAZY
FAT AND GROSS

I STAYED IN MY LITTLE ROOM
SINGIN’ MY UGLY TUNES
TRACING THE LINES HIDDEN UNDERNEATH MY SLEEVES
HASHTAG CUTS
A FOREST OF DEAD TREES

BUT THEN
I FOUND
A SECRET:

THERE’S A GIRL IN SAINT-MARIE
JUST LIKE ME
JUST LIKE ME

SHE LIKES ALL THE SAME TOYS AS ME
MAKES ALL THE SAME NOISE AS ME
AND SHE NOTICED ME
FROM ACROSS THE SEA

A GIRL IN SAINT-MARIE
JUST LIKE ME
JUST LIKE ME

SHE IS CHUNKY
AND SHE IS BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL

HER TEETH STICK OUT
SHE’S GOT A SAD LITTLE POUT
AND SHE IS BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL

SHE SAYS HER PALMS SWEAT TOO MUCH
AND SOME DAY I WILL TOUCH THEM
I’LL KISS HER WRIST
JUST LIKE THIS:

{kiss}

A GIRL IN SAINT-MARIE
JUST LIKE ME

(Members of the group gradually begin to awaken and listen.)

SHE SAYS THERE IS JOY INSIDE ME
AND I JUST HAVE TO TRUST WHERE MY HEART GOES
SHE SAYS THERE IS LIGHT INSIDE ME
BUT SOMETIMES ALL I SEE ARE THE SHADOWS

SHE SAYS THERE’S A STAR INSIDE ME
BURNING UP MY SOUL EVERYDAY
SHE SAYS THERE IS GOD INSIDE ME
AND GOD IS EVERYTHING
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
ALL THE SAME, ALL THE SAME
HOW I TREMBLE WHEN SHE TYPES OUT MY NAME

OH YOU FOOL
YOU FOOL
IT’S ALL WITHIN YOURSELF

OH YOU FOOL
YOU FOOL
IT’S ALL WITHIN MYSELF

HOW LUCKY FOR ME
A GIRL ACROSS THE SEA
WHO SPEAKS TO ME
IN WHISPERING EMOJI

AND I FOUND HER
AND SHE FOUND ME
IN THE LONELY UGLY CHAOS
OF THE INTERNET

THIS UGLY THING
LETS ME SING
SO BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL

YES I AM
BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL

BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL TOO

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