BLONDE BUBBLEGUM
by Rob Brayl
Copyright © 2010 / All Rights Reserved
It’s a peroxide world
Where more plastic
Is found in humans
Than recycling bins
And last year’s faces
Can be found in suburban garages
In the bottom of garbage cans
It’s all relative
Everything ties to insecurity
Filling the void
With temporary fixation and condensation
We manipulate the situation
With scissors and knifeblades
Making it nearly impossible
To find the untouched
Cloning yet another stick
Of blonde bubblegum
Montag, before and after 10 plastic surgery procedures
HEIDI MONTAG: TIL KNIFE DO US PART
By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com
She says her new album, appropriately titled Superficial, is as good as Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Her husband says she’s bigger than Beyonce. But the most ridiculous statement of all is that Montag says she’s all about inner beauty.
In the past, these delusional statements made me laugh. Knowing Heidi Montag as a reality-star joke was funny, harmless. But that was before she revealed her new plastic look. Now, I can no longer laugh. Nothing funny stared back at me as I looked at a 23-year-old girl bragging about her decision to undergo 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day, blaring from a magazine cover. I felt disgusted. And the trauma was written all over her eyes, as a lost and confused girl still remained, frozen behind the Halloween mask of Hollywood and one plastic surgeon’s chainsaw blade.
Even after my stomach had settled, one question still remained: How are young girls digesting Montag’s new found glory? They aren’t. They’re throwing it up. They’re pushing it aside. They’re not eating, not smiling, not feeling pretty because their face can actually move and their thighs have unwanted baby fat. That’s a dramatic overstatement because I know there are plenty of girls who are smart enough to realize that what Montag has done is wreckless and stupid, but the problem is that whether they realize it or not, the thought of vanity and plastic perfection seeps into their brainwaves. And as time ticks, and laugh lines appear, the cover of a magazine with a faked up Barbie wannabe makes these normal, beautiful, healthy girls question their own worth.
I feel that the only thing Montag is addicted to is fame. And it may take hitting rock bottom before she will realize that it will never make her whole. Attention is temporary, sweetheart. Magazine covers, paparazzi, and hit records on the radio will never love you back.
If you’re a girl (or guy) out there, who is considering doing something drastic like this in an attempt to feel better about yourself, think again. Besides the fact that plastic surgery can be deadly, the truth is, real beauty and real sex appeal isn’t found under a knife.
Be true to yourself because the world will always lie to your face, no matter how symmetrical.
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS! SUCH A GOOD MESSAGE! THANK YOU!
If she wanted to look like someone the complete total opposite of herself then she succeeded.
“I wanted H for Heidi.” HOW SAD when she said that!!!
First of all, amazing poetry. It’s rare you can find really touching poetry that carries good societal commentary.
Also, I’m so glad you did an entry on this issue. The standards for women in modern society are warped and at times horrific. People need to understand that looking the way those women do isn’t natural, and people who already understand that need to know they’re not alone.
I have a blog about self image also – she spawned mine too!
POWERFUL! Well done.
so sad that this is what girls think they must do to be sexy, wanted, or to feel some sort of purpose in their lives. love your poem btw!
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