More Poetry to Celebrate National Poetry Month

THIS IS ONE OF MY  MOST FAVORITE POEMS IN THE WORLD!!! Next to the things the man closest to me writes, I cherish this poem and listen to it a few times a week. It reminds me that everybody isn't just a carbon copy of what they see on tv and read about in magazine. Everybody doesn't want to be Barbie you know. . . 

The poem is titled "Barbie and Ken 101" by Rafael Casal who performed it on an episode of HBO's Def Poetry Jam

sometimes I feel like I'm sittin' in the back of Barbie and Ken 101
a class we're all in, but never seem to learn from
Some general ed requirement for
Students of American culture
one that convinces even the brightest
of young women that sex is survival of the thinnest
and I'm sick of this education that doesn't serve our best interests
my teacher has no face
she is every Revlon model women have ever chased
her lectures can be seen in the backs of  magazines, beauty adds and marketing campaigns,
shit
just turn on your tv
this just in, a skewed perspective for todays youth y'all ladies aint thin enough, fellas aint trim
enough, wanna be sexy?
Y'all don't go to the gym enough, cut to commercial, 

come on

just tune
just tune into their maintenance team, tell you you're ugly then tell you how to fix it with maybelline
please
They just moldin' Barbie to fit the new trend
next they're gonna have club hoppin' Barbie
With thongs as accessories
video hoe Barbie
abusive boyfriend sold separately
underaged Barbie
Kobe Bryant included
or 9/11 victim Barbie
and Ken is proud to get recruited
problem is all these teachings are womans decay
and my girlfriend' sitting up front and she's getting an A
this is where I start getting really pissed off ok
when the fuck did it become about
tuckin' in the gut I gotta get the bigger breast
shit I wanna fit a little better in a dress
so let me get a little skinny gotta fit into an itty bitty
size slimmer just to liven up the chest
please

teacher teacher I wanna give my oral presentation
cuz I have a problem with the class, and matter of fact, I have a damn problem with your
whole administration
you're the reason my girl won't sit across from me in restaurants
the reason that she thinks she's over fat in over ten spots
less gut less pudge less looks less real, more looks more love more Barbie
appeal?

oh shit
fuck Barbie and Ken

fuck Barbie and Ken
they're the reason 15 year old girls arms are slit
the reason 12 year olds think skinny is a compliment
And it's too late

it is too late
I can't write my way through these bathroom doors
So I raise my hand in class cuz I can't take it any more
Teacher teacher your lectures are all backwards
You got mothers and daughters forgetting what matters
Cuz above hips, ass, lips, legs, and uggs
The most real ass shit is women who don't give a fuck
So screw all your teachings your lessons and plans
You skewed sick distant relative of the man
Your plan for brainwashin' my baby I reject
I'm walkin' out of your class

and I will proudly take

my F

Now ain't that some real shit?? Watch the video here