What the Camera Adds

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Kara was

Propped

In front of

A camera

From the time

She was a baby

And then when

The money started

To come the agencies

Changed and she needed

To stay a certain way

She had a look

A look that

Was killing her as

Her body forced through

The change

She was getting wider

And taking up more space

She curled into herself to

Try to look smaller and

Held her chest in pain

All the sacrifices her

Parents made for her career

And

She was ruining it by

Growing hips and breasts

And

A wider jaw bone.

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