Bright Pink Blow Up Doll I am a bright pink blow up doll with a hank of yellow hair mouth a round lipsticked O costumed in spangles, glitter, and air my body a miracle of impossible anatomy squeaking rubber and quivering jello bridled by cinching steel bones I prance coquettishly in stiletto heels bleeding where I cut off my toes with a razor. The barker bawls: Your attention, Gentlemen, please! Behind this very curtain, tonight on our stage for your viewing pleasure, the enticing striptease enacted by the delectable Mistress of Helotry! A bona fide professional: she’s been broken in since childhood even as a tiny girl well-worth a plattered prophet’s head. And as she’s always willing, a veritable bargain at this price! Lay your money down, and assuredly, I say to you this very night you will be with her in Paradise! The band sounds: Ta-ra-ra-ra-boom-de-ay! With dissonant clash of cymbals, rattling boom of the snare the curtain gapes, and the interminable show begins. I am exposed and blinded in the ferocious floodlight glare yet I am lambent and fearless, for I know all their secret sins. I am the Queen of Artifice, Sorceress of Green Mirrors, Seducer of Men: no life on earth is safe from my dreaming. My mind and heart empty, I reflect back every desire until the crowd is gutted on dreams and utterly spent. At last, to the clamor of vociferous applause, I bow my head, battered by the rain of sweaty silver coins. Over the garish sound of the hurdy-gurdy I cannot hear the song of the mermaid and yearn for her forbidden kiss. T. Bardou is originally from New York City, where she received a degree in classical languages and classical civilization. Bardou has made a living at varied careers, including as a fencing instructor, a personal trainer, a research assistant, and a Latin tutor. Bardou is currently on active duty military and, as a physician, has spent most of her career caring for active duty soldiers, and has recently gone back to a second residency for psychiatry so that she may better help them with their suffering. She lives in MD and is a mother, a poet, a painter, as well as a resident in psychiatry.
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