Revealing
No scars, pimples, freckles, fat.
Perfection on glossy paper.
She dissolves in tears, revealing
The advertisement behind her.
© 2012 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights reserved
Michel Martin on NPR’s Tell Me More is celebrating National Poetry Month with tweet-able poems of 140 characters or less. I haven’t tweeted (so far) but my ears perked up at the mention of a new form. I had to give it a try. Also, I have an eleven year-old daughter and lately there’s been a lot of discussion among the moms about body image. I haven’t actually heard anything from the girls yet, but I remember being a girl and spending hours looking at the glossy magazines in the library.