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Barbie Smile

October 20, 2011
By Leesh_2014 SILVER, Hartford, Kansas
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Leesh_2014 SILVER, Hartford, Kansas
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Favorite Quote:
The better you feel about yourself the less you have to knock others down.<br /> Everything happens for a reason.<br /> We want to be remembered.

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Fake as
Fake is
Real

She stands;
Knees Locked,
Shoulders Squared,
Head High.

Fake. Fake. Fake.

Never have
I seen a
more desperate human-being.

"Love me! Love me! Love me!"

Her tanned skin,
dyed hair,
make-up crusted face

Are all
ten times
as real as

Her overly whitened,
overly fake,
Barbie Smile.

© Elizabeth G., Marblehead, MA

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