Barbie 2000 by David Fraser/title> </head> <body bgcolor=black lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <div align=center> <p align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </p> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="80%" bgcolor=white style='width:80.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:white;border:outset black .75pt; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr width="50%"> <td valign=top style='border:inset black .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%; mso-cellspacing:0in;border:none;mso-padding-alt:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'> <tr> <td width="75%" valign=top style='width:75.0%;border:none;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'> <p> <b>Featured Writer: <a href="contributors2.html" target="_blank">David Fraser</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr width="50%"> <td width="75%" valign=top style='width:75.0%;border:none;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'> <P><IMG SRC="barbie1.JPG" WIDTH=132 HEIGHT=176></P> <P><B>Barbie 2000</B></P> <P>Just bones<BR> Paper bag skin<BR> Eyes wide with hunger<BR> Pouting for praise,<BR> You, not so subtly<BR> Creep on runways,<BR> Ruinways,<BR> Gloss the pabulum pulp<BR> Of pop fic and teen mag<BR> Burst burning out<BR> On celluloid and TV tape<BR> Each day appear on<BR> Apparition-like<BR> The third page sunshine sun<BR> Now just out of diapers<BR> Into starving<BR> Behaviours<BR> Suicidal<BR> Tendencies<BR> Homicidal<BR> Ragings<BR> Of fat blood low levels.<BR> Your head sits on a stick<BR> Teased hair mingled<BR> With sand and sparkles<BR> Beach baubles<BR> Grit<BR> Decapitated<BR> By the waves<BR> Of fans<BR> Sweet goddess<BR> Crazed in hardbody<BR> Illusions<BR> Slimmed down<BR> To a spine<BR> The stake<BR> Trailing entrails.</P> <BR> <P>Copyright <A HREF="davidfrasershomesite.htm" target="_blank">David Fraser</A> July 2000</P> <P>First Published in Kookamonga Square</P> <BR><BR> <P><B>David Fraser</B> </P> <p>Email: <a href="mailto:ascentaspirations@shaw.ca">David Fraser</a></p> <p><a href="tableofcontents.htm">Return to Table of Contents</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </body> </html>