Katie B.

Barbie

Don’t box me in like a Barbie

I’m not that girl

Svelte legs you may prefer

I’ve stubby legs and rolls not often adored

 

Corporations put on exhibition

Who I should be

She is non-existent

A vandal, not me

 

My body, my temple

In it I rejoice

Not perfect, just simple

My body my choice

 

Phony, fake and plastic

Dim witted blonde

Distributed to innocence

As an idol to be fond

 

Mattel made billions

On a tramp of a doll

Her deception rampant

An enchantress to all

 

The doll seems more

I seem less

What is my worth

With flesh I am blessed

 

Even with age she

Still calls out

“I am flawless,

Of yourself you must doubt”

 

Don’t box me in as a Barbie

I’ve had my say

Get her out of my face

Put the damn doll away