Black Diamonds 2023

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beauty band-aid Eshiemomoh Osilama, MBS

Ooh, and it’s giving!!

md class of 2024

I, myself, have never swatched

Y’all heard??? They’ve got band-aids with melanin injected in them

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a swathe or a swaddle of gauze so– *gasp* well, whad’ya know? The matte of this patch is the perfect match!

now.

Hmm…

I couldn’t tell you how, but

this really has me thinking–

WOW,

I’ve finally got a means

this shade of burnt-mocha-umber-brown

to beautify these

is lovely –

my Black

the perfect hue

bruises,

to occlude the reds

but I would also suppose,

and the blues percolating

or

under my skin.

I mean,

Am I blushing!?

at the very least,

Guess, I’d never noticed

ought it be assumed–

all these polishes, concealers, and blushes

is this what they mean by

bleeding towards this aisle

using a band-aid to cover up

of the drug store pharmacy.

a bullet wound?


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