A Wish to Be Barbie


I wished to be Barbie
with her perfect face
and her perfect skin
until I looked in the mirror
and saw that expression
had been carved from my face,
and I was left with a plastic
immovable grin.

©Susie Clevenger 2011

Comments

Kalyan said…
nicely crafted lines...lovely words!
Ed Pilolla said…
ahhh. this is slightly unnerving:) but well done for sure.
The usage of "carved" captures the whole process. Nice.
not always...
not always susie...