Ode(?) To Skincare

The acne and dark spots that have spread like

A virus on my face has not followed 

Quarantine rules.

The citrine smell in my Salicylic acid face wash try to 

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Erase the haze of 2020 and 

My inflamed enraged engraved imperfect

Face. The serums hydrate, plump and protect

Against dark spots, sad thoughts, maybe gunshots. 

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Moisturizer to strengthen my skin from

The lack of water, hate crimes and bad rhymes

Topped off with the most important: sunscreen

Preventing ignorance and racist chants 

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Smothering my pimple under a patch 

The problem never seems to go away.