Ceramic bones puncture plastic skin,
acrylic eyes roll in their sockets.
Denim clings low,
limbs dangle before white screen:
a lady caged in a body.
Two-page ads blare the name—
not hers; her face is her name,
her stare her only words—
languid, liquid, like a morphine addict’s rush.
She stands hunched, tilted,
a chair with mismatched legs.
Eyes eviscerate her, the
empress of fashion, malnutrition:
pain exquisitely wrought.
The awe turns to envy,
the envy to fury.
Clavicles crack,
swanlike neck
is bared to blades.
Resigned,
she drops her gaze
and plays the waif.
(the title is a phrase often used to describe the popular fashion look of the 90s, epitomized by Kate Moss: pale skin, dark circles beneath the eyes, jutting bones, and the vague impression of a drug addict)
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