I hate introductions.
What am I supposed to say?

I love to grow flowers, i've always had a green thumb. I got it from my grandma. i used to spend everyday at her house and help her clean and take care of all her plants. My mother on the other hand kills anything sge touches. Never give her a plant.
I cant wait to graduate and get on with my life.

Poem That Matters

Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy
This girlchild was born as usual
and presented dolls that did pee-pee
and miniature GE stoves and irons
and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy.
Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said:
You have a great big nose and fat legs.

She was healthy, tested intelligent,
possessed strong arms and back,
abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.
She went to and fro apologizing.
Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs.

She was advised to play coy,
exhorted to come on hearty,
exercise, diet, smile and wheedle.
Her good nature wore out
like a fan belt.
So she cut off her nose and her legs
and offered them up.

In the casket displayed on satin she lay
with the undertaker's cosmetics painted on,
a turned-up putty nose,
dressed in a pink and white nightie.
Doesn't she look pretty? everyone said.
Consummation at last.
To every woman a happy ending.                        



I like this poem because it has real value and meaning in each word. It expresses how judgemental society can be when it come to the looks of women. We are taught from a young age that we need to be perfect like a “barbie doll”.

Marge Piercy:
Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan to a family deeply affected by the Great Depression. She was the first in her family to attend college, studying at the University of Michigan.Winning a Hopwood Award for Poetry and Fiction (1957) enabled her to finish college and spend some time in France, and her formal schooling ended with an M.A. from Northwestern University.