Beauty is a
Trick meant to
Distract. A
Sly
Cat
Slinking into an alley,
Waiting for a
Fool's attraction to be
Lured.
Social construct meant to
Forge a
Divide of in or
Out.
Within or without,
Bought but never
Gained.
Beauty is a
Shallow pond for the
Dipping toes of hollow
Souls.
Existing only
Because we
Believe it.
Julia Dun Rappaport is a writer, poet, and artist. She was an Honorable Mention in the 2020 Longfellow Student Poetry Contest, the 2020 winner of her school-wide poetry slam, and the 2018 Graduation Writing Award. Her poetry has been published in The Boothbay Register, the book A Celebration of Poets, Skipping Stones, the Auroras and Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology, Ice Lolly Review, and Cathartic Literary Magazine. She was also selected to be her school’s 2021 graduation speaker. In addition, her designs and paintings have won several school and town art contests, as well as the Creative Communications national art contest. Julia is a rising ninth grader and lives outside of Boston with her family.