If and Only If: A Journal of Body Image and Eating Disorders Winter 2015 | Page 10

Ode to Barbie

Lu Pierro

Hail oh plastic skinned mannequin,

blond haired vacant- eyed goddess,

tall beyond belief,

breasts from a man’s wet dream,

hipless, cellulite-free idol of vanity,

vagina-less virgin of the toy industry.

I hold you in my pudgy hand

next to my concave chest,

then up to my pimply face.

I kiss you with silvery braced teeth

and ask

“Don’t you wish you were me?”