long         skinny    arms
              outstretched & manicured;
long legs dangling       over
(                       |        ) propped
     tiny pierced feet                  in swirling    
  Epsom salts    (                     )
  waiting for the
pumice & massage        &        ||                    pedicure               |
she'll have Hot Pink toes -
& a tiara        of ten party                    horns:
the beast gets drunk & scratches his number
on the bathroom wall -                      [tacky]   :
at her feet her supposed                    ******          |
                   ­       Mother holding the baby[?]:
on Barbie's either side a grifter
               hanging out for        no good
        reason but to            riffle purses;
one  skinny grifter her gaunt               face smeared
w/ too much mucky
                                         make-up & rouge  seeing
  that they're   busted           says : O My Queen,
  do u think u                  could make a doll of me?
     to which
     Barbie said w/out moving
     her solid           pink lips : I say this play-date u  w ill be      i n
                                                 my Dream House
                                                 w/ Me in my toy maker's
                                                 playground::