a beautiful truth

i have come to realize
a beautiful truth that we all let slide.
a truth we lie to ourselves about.
an undoubtedly unpopular truth.
a truth that politicians try and hide.
a truth that poets avoid.
and that is that
we are all ugly
on the inside.

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