Rescued Barbie
They sawed off her breasts.
It took a long time, two sessions.
Inside she was crammed with cotton,
a giant bouffant tampon.
Rose made a tube top from the cuff of her own sock.
They cut her hair with a toenail clipper and spiked it with glue.
Rose amputated the misformed feet and replaced them
with GI Joe’s boots.
There.
The impediments to her success were corrected.
Pants from a glove.
Two skirts from sweater sleeves.
Space helmet a cream cheese container.
Nick tattooed Barbie’s arms with hearts and hammers.
Complete
wrapped in Xmas paper
under the tree
for me for me for me
1 reply on “Rescued Barbie”
I love this poem. Should have bought my boys a Barbie.