barbie reads of july the pregnany doll
LYN LIFSHIN
with maternity
wardrobe and
sensible shoes,
a fashion doll
with a belly
that snaps off,
reveals a re-
movable baby
that a flay
tummy panel and
a baby carrier
comes along with.
Husband Charlie
is sold separately.
She pats her own
flat mid riff,
isnąt saure about
another slit in
her skin. After
all, at least
one ownerąs jerked
her head off and
switeched it with
Ken until her
mama howled. May
be its velcro,
wonąt be as
bad Barbie thinks
wondering if perhaps
she could give
birth not to a
howling baby but
a kitten, some
thing furry she
could curl up
against, not need
any Charlie or
Ken, to stick her
or suffocate, keep
her trapped as when
she had a rod up
inside her on
a pedastal her
feet were in too
high heels to
run from
