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Beauty

December 4, 2025 12 Comments

By Lorraine

Beauty sold her face for just over three million last year. Of all the famous faces this new technology offered to the public, hers was special, perfect, unique, and priced to match. It was the face everyone wanted to smile with.

But then there were thousands sold, hundreds of thousands, and for months you could see her smile at every street corner, her pout in every store, her stare in every window. Her image, over and over, in every crowd.

I saw a stack of her faces at the discount store the other day, $4.99 each, but no one was buying.

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Comments

  1. Kathy Carroll says

    December 4, 2025 at 10:22 am

    So true! This is so wonderfully and cleverly written! Love it!

    Reply
    • Lorraine says

      December 4, 2025 at 6:23 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Laura Besley says

    December 5, 2025 at 8:50 am

    Really enjoyed the quirkiness of this, and its deeper meaning!

    Reply
    • Lorraine says

      December 15, 2025 at 3:35 pm

      Thank you so much 🙂

      Reply
  3. Nick says

    December 5, 2025 at 3:55 pm

    Awesome!

    I really like the line:

    “It was the face everyone wanted to smile with”

    Reply
    • Lorraine says

      December 15, 2025 at 3:36 pm

      Thank you! That line was where I started so that makes me happy.

      Reply
  4. Janet says

    December 10, 2025 at 11:10 am

    Great job!

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    • Lorraine says

      December 15, 2025 at 3:36 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  5. Marie says

    December 10, 2025 at 3:18 pm

    Ha, clever! Liked it a lot.

    Reply
    • Lorraine says

      December 15, 2025 at 3:37 pm

      I’m so glad 🙂

      Reply
  6. Sharon Murphy says

    December 17, 2025 at 2:39 pm

    Very cleverly done. Superficial and transient beauty selling us short.

    Reply
    • Lorraine says

      December 25, 2025 at 11:02 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply

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