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Day 10 - Cosmetic Surgery? No Way!!

Posted Jan 27 2009 6:30pm

Get It Down; 31 for 21
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Poem written by Catherine Slater, London, UK

I could never change your face
The face that tells a story
Let my fingers gently trace
Your features in their glory

Your eyes in shape and colour show
Your great grandmother's eyes
Which far away and long ago
Reflected Irish skies

Your nose is dainty and I'm glad
It's not as large as mine
The prominent nose of your grandpa
Runs in the family line

When I look at your mouth and lips
such memories come to me
Of infant suckling, spoons and drips
And speech therapy

Your mouth that smiles and kisses too
(For you show great affection)
Your lovely face comes into view
You have a fine complexion

So I would never change your face
Some people think we should
they try to justify the case
That surgery is good

The prejudice these people show
These bigots of 'pure race'
Who ignorant, who nothing know
Is hateful, cruel and base

It's not a crime, it's not a sin
It's nothing you have done
To have that extra chromosome
That number 21

By trying to make your tongue be small
And alter shape of eyes
They do not change your thoughts at all
Or alter height or size

Instead it says "You're second class,
Inferior, rejected,
Deformed, subnormal, cannot pass
Disfigured and defected"

I say in an emphatic tone
Down Syndrome's part of you
I love you as yourself alone
Your face I won't redo

But most of all it is your life
I know it would cause pain
The scalpel blade and surgeons knife
Would bring distress and pain

You would feel fear, it would be cruel
No benefit ensue
Without improvement or renewal
No gain or help to you

So I will never change your face
No surgery, no scar
Your beauty, humour and your grace
Just stay the way you are.

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