“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.