mom never felt easy about
sister's near-perfect face.
so much she has heard about pretty women
getting the loose deals of the world.
starting from her favourite drama
about legendary beauty Tang Dynasty's
Yang Qui Fei, the concubine
who was offered a rope to hang herself for leading the emperor astray from duties.
And signing herself onto quite similar fate
our very Diana who twenty odd years walked
so graciously down the aisle with the man
whom she thought loved her only to wake up
with a shattered fairytale dream in
the coldest palace in the world.
And Marilyn Monroe, the sultry goddess
of the silver screen, ran from one man
to another looking for a security that
always eluded her. Opportunists used and traumatised her - all for the premium features she possessed. pretty women, what hideous traps those beauty features hide!
i understand what mom meant when she said the world is full of ugly men and pretty women usually turn out to be their victims.

john tiong chunghoo

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pretty-women/