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Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

0 posted 2000-08-12 12:43 PM


This was originally posted on Dark Passions #2. It is posted here with a few, significant alterations.  

I am a Barbie
see my plastic smile
you can do most anything
so stay with me a while

Put my legs above my head
I will never pout
if you choose to hit me
I'll not scream or shout

Watch me keep my figure
sometimes it's a trial
I have to starve and vomit
and keep my brilliant smile

In the early morning
I'm awake you'll see
you'll never see me haggard
I'm groomed perfectly

I am a Barbie
see my plastic smile
plastic, boobs, plastic heart
no feelings for a mile.

I'm a plastic Barbie
my life may seem inane
but to keep appearances
I'll quietly go insane.



"It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures;
but it is the loss that shapes the image,
gathers the flowers weaves the garland."-

© Copyright 2000 Lynne Dale - All Rights Reserved
Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
1 posted 2000-08-12 03:58 AM


What a wonderful way to bring to light the ways of the now a day world.  No one wants to except us for what we are so we try to give them the commercialized version instead.  The perfect package created by man instead of leaving the work of God alone.  Whose eyes do YOU suppose are better and whose opinion do you value most?  Great write and thanks for letting me vent briefly.
JnR4eva
Member
since 2000-08-07
Posts 377
Bronx, NY
2 posted 2000-08-12 04:10 AM


This is so totally a good poem  ...I mean where do I start?...many people do not see others for who they are, what they stand for, or what they know..as long as looks go...your set!?...I have had this problem in my life and it's nice to see that someone can extract those feelings from me b/c I know that I couldn't come up with a better concept myself    Great work  
Nikolette Sadness
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since 2000-07-29
Posts 337
port richey fl.
3 posted 2000-08-12 04:11 AM


*clap*clap*clap*

no words

Nik

i was once in love and happy...but you can call me Sadness.

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