Barbie

A sharp and concise critique of superficiality and artificiality. your ink portrays a woman who resembles a Barbie doll with her platinum hair, fashionable attire, and emphasized physical features.  it delivers a thought-provoking commentary on the limitations of appearances and the importance of inner qualities.

Thank you for your indepth critiques of my poems. I appreciate you for them.  
 
Faith

Touche... well said Faith...

Thank you, dear Poetess!

Have you seen the movie... I watched it on the way to Africa... laughed myself to tears...

No, I haven't seen it. Maybe, I'll Look it up!

well done faith

Thank you so much!

people don't like my honesty this is toy woman you're describing and sadly she has feelings too even if it takes from another heart....

I can't argue with that because we all have feelings but here my focus was on how looks aren't everything. I welcome honesty with all my heart. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

You’ve captured the essence of the unrealistic beauty standards we all face. At some point vanity becomes a facade, a mask that hides the true beauty within.

Thank you for your wonderful response to my poem. I appreciate it.

Well captured. Lot of examples in the warmer beach climates.

Thank you, Leo. It was great hearing from you. I hope you are doing well!

As tragic as it is poignant. You e really spoken to what it means to be plastic. Outstanding poetry.

Thank you for reading and commenting on my poem. I appreciate your for your wonderful remarks.

Dear F,

Excellent commentary on societal and human response to physical beauty. Seems most only want to be and know the shiny people. Deep diving into the substance of the real person for me, is so much more gratifying and meaningful and I love that message underlying in your write. H🌷

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, dear lady! I love getting your feedback.

I think it perhaps gets complicated...

In the sense where
no one can help how they look...

&...

So much is potentially
determined, based upon looks...

Then...

Human tendency
to categorize and generalize...

It is, of course, maybe natural...

The whole thing...

From the perceiver to the perceived...

Along with the surface
meeting with that which lies beneath the surface...

I was thinking of this the other day...

Like...

The beautiful people...

I mean...

I guess I will never be one of the beautiful people...

But...

I think they are lacking...

But then...

I am prejudging...

Categorizing and generalizing...

I was also thinking...

How...

In the same way no one gets
out of here alive...

Maybe "the beautiful people"
too, get fucked up...

But I do think it is possible
that some have a charmed life...

Honestly...

I think all lives are charmed,
but need the right perspective...

Thought provoking ink Faith...

(Nice avatar...

You look way more beautiful
than the beautiful people....

:)))

Best comment I've read here tonight. I'm ugly as a post but now that I'm nearly 80 I no longer give a rat's asterisk. Been with some really beautiful women but, omg, give me Plain Jane any old day. So much more interesting and easy, comfortable to be with.

I thought it was a very good poem.

You are very kind to say so! Thanks for your great feedback. It was very interesting!

I'm so sorry I missed answering your wonderful response to my poem, Cipher. Thank you so much for them. I adore your feedback

Barbies are all so pretty aren't they. As a young girl, I wanted so much to look like one. Anyway , good read, Faith,

Yes, they were beautiful! Once, during a visit from my Uncle Butchie, he asked me what kind of outfit I wanted him to make for my Barbie. He was shocked when I said I wanted her to be dressed like a Catholic nun! He then laughed until he cried. I told him it wasn't such a ridiculous request since I wanted to become a nun in the future. He then gave in and turned my Barbe doll into a nun.

Thank you so much for reading and responding to my poem  It's
Great seeing you!

Faith

No worries. Love your poems.:) Nun Barbies eh? Wow...

Thank you kindly, Grace!

Just one question: Did you check to see if she was still wearing her price tag?

I like that this poem gets right to the heart of it. No messing around. You're on it and Barbie ain't got a chance. When I run into a Barbie (and I've been in relationships with more than my share), I like to think of that line from "Blue Girls":

"...Practice your beauty, Blue Girls, before it fail
For I could tell you a story which is true:
I know a lovely lady, blear eyes fallen from blue
And yet it is not long since she was lovelier
Than any of you."
                             --John Crowe Ransom

(That's not perfectly recalled, but close.)

You are related to Brigham Young I take it? I've read his biography plus the Joseph Smith, "No Man Knows My History."

Excellent write. TY.

oh, no relationship to Brigham Young.  Thanks for your wonderful remarks!

OMG.. that's a funny poem.. and not a stretch too far from reality.   Great job!

Thanks a bunch, Christopher!