Thank you so much! I just have to sit down and write, I think. (The novel I was referring to.) And I completely agree, plastic fairness is really popular right now. I'm glad you found my poem to be a good read. I enjoyed writing it. I'll read some of your stuff when I get a chance, and thank you for your feedback. I really appreciate it.

I don't know if you remember, but you posted a comment some time ago on a forum I started. Terribly sorry for the long delay in replying, and I'm not quite sure what you mean by "expand my ideas", so I'm just going to comment on a few of your stuff and... yeah. Anyway. There's a lot going on about the plastic fakeness of Barbie and how it influences young girls negatively, etc. etc. But I have to say, you've taken this issue that has been discussed ad nauseam, and given it a good spin. I love the imagery you used, the powerful adjectives, and the diction. I had to stop and reread your poem out loud a few times in one of those rare instances when the words are so beautifully, naturally constructed, that they just flow out like honey. The last stanza is really what gets to me. I love how your poem on Barbies can be applied to real-world situations as well. Sometimes there really are human Barbies. So, in a nutshell, wonderful job, brilliant poem. (Also, the inside of a Barbie is hollow -- I was a thoroughly sadistic child.)