April 28

“Not Your Average Barbie” by Gillian Deeb

Doll face,

Fixated to one position,

A smile to please the eyes of children.

They never left Never Land.

When you grow up?

They still have that pretty little doll face,

A worn down mask,

The edges starting to fade into a frown.

BACK TO BASICS:

Makeup and silicon is their new body.

Age doesn’t define beauty.

How much money you’re willing to spend does.

Keep training.

Taught how to wave,

Taught how to keep yourself skinny with two fingers,

Taught what body parts to be proud of:

A perfect doll,

Resembling their creator.

Caked on happiness,

Taught to girls in bathrooms

By bullies who say you can’t sit with them

Unless you change everything that makes you

Unique and Gorgeous.

No one blinks an eye when girls look to magazines

To see the figure they must be,

The doll,

Worn down,

Down but still flawless,

Money fixed the edges.

Fix the edges or you’re not perfect.

No stretch marks.

Nor hair anywhere but on your head,

In luscious golden locks.

Learn the rules

Or leave the game.

This is what it means to be a doll face:

Beauty is only found in one place,

And that’s on a doll face.

Doll makers don’t let you see,

That individuality Is the most beautiful

Thing  Anyone Can Be.

 

 


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Posted April 28, 2021 by valerie.egger in category poetry

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