False Advertising

Our concept of beauty has been lost.

Advertising distorts and labels;

The pseudo ideal life haunts our days.

Feminine distortions overflow,

Women's bodies have become things.

Models starve, strike vulgar poses,

Air brushed photos mask variations.

The ideal lacks pores, poundage, split ends,

But never cleavage or a tight butt.

Young girls learn this fact prematurely;

Walls of impossible perfection

Induce angst, depression, anorexia.

Women viewed as things become victims,

A dangerous climate infiltrates

And poisons our collective psyche.

Violence against women abounds,

Tearing at society's fabric.

There are many other such victims,

Those perceived as old, ill, or obese.

Reverse mortgage ads for mature folks,

Also power chairs and incontinence aids;

Don't forget high priced diet products

And male enhancement during prime time.

Our swan song is 'Killing Us Softly.'