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Nineteen
The city promised Sera
 California-kissed skin and
 fame backlit by flashbulbs, 
 not chemical blue eyes undressing her in 
 empty subway stations
 as she picks at her homemade manicure
 and aches for the deep red found only in
 drug store nail polish or a love reserved for the stars.

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