Lessons For Little Girls by Christine L. Reed Hear It Read By The Author Barbie, you                    hop down the aisle                    for the 37th time.                    No shoes, your hair                    knotted and                    ink stains on your dress.                    You say "I do" again,                    a drunken whore                    with no underwear.                    When you get home                    Skipper can                    hold back your hair                    while you relieve yourself                    of lunch, quick                    before the next tea party.                    Ken takes the keys,                    the Corvette veers                    taking with it bits                    of Dream House lawn.                    He goes to work                    with his mouth shut                    and hopes                    you never find out                    he's gay.   Copyright © 1999 Christine L. Reed All Rights Reserved   Christine L. Reed, editor of Maelstrom, a magazine of poetry, fiction, art and humor, is a poet, artist, freelance writer and mother, who also manages to jam in some volunteer work recording literature for the blind.. Aside from running a new small press print magazine, she is also the assistant poetry editor for highly acclaimed web magazine, Moondance, which celebrates the creativity of women.    Christine's work has appeared internationally in many magazines, anthologies and web forums.  She has work forthcoming in MeatWhistle Quarterly, Liquid Ohio, The Poet's Attic Quarterly, Moondance, Penny Dreadful Press and Laughing Lions Literary Magazine.    Also by Christine L. Reed: 20 Years Dead