barbie goes back to the town she strolled thru, a pretty thing
LYN LIFSHIN
On one arm
or the other,
She confuses
restaurants,
small boutiques
there tie dye
is back as it
was when she
still thought
whatever mattered
was up ahead.
Now, 30 years
later, she's
always looking
back at what
she wore and who
held her, who'd
call too often,
who wouldn't
call at all,
Now, not con-
stantly a rub,
like the stiff
lace of a 1960's
wedding gown,
an absence she
feels as much
as she felt
what triggered
it
