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Billboard Girl

by Debashish Haar — Read all 156 poems by Debashish Haar

A Repost

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

She shows
her fiberglass hair,
double-edged tongue,
pierced at odd places.

She has a body,
a mind, a gleaming
necklace, a silk dress
that reveals more
than it hides.

She looks pale behind
dark glasses, her lips crack
like black-cotton soil
when she forgets
popping pills.
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Reviewed by jude forese

Reviewed on November 9, 2006

since this is a repost i would assume she hasn't forgotten to pop pills ... seriously, i like the voice and direction you took this poem through ...

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on November 8, 2006

Sad but starkly real and vivid, Debs. Thanks for sharing. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by J M (Reader)

Reviewed on November 8, 2006

The media paints a picture for the world of glamour and beauty, all of artificial display. That not only damages the Billboard girl trying to keep up with the status quo of this image at the point of enslaving and harming herself. However, it harms the real beauty in other women that beauty is within trying to imitate her. Gives society the wrong view of beauty, for real beauty remains within the person not skin-deep this one is a powerful look...You have captured.

Light & Peace,
Joselyn

Reviewed by SaPAth AnANd

Reviewed on November 8, 2006

It bares the reality of modern lives by looking at Billboard girl?Plastic behind all the glitter.And how our materialistic ways of life is robbing our true sense of inner happiness.A reminder of our consumer society going off hand. Loved the punchiness of this poem.

Bom Bhole!
Roshan

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