Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

The Catalogue Model Fooled Me

When I was younger I used to think I would look
Exactly like that catalogue model if I had that pink coat,
And those fuchsia polka dot gloves, and that fur hat.
So I would buy them, but my hair would stay the same.
My face did not get younger,
And they simply did not look the same on me.
An epiphany I had the other day.
These models do not eat food. 
They serve them wallpaper, and make them throw it back up.
I smile thinking of this as I stare at my pink coat 
In size double zero that I could have never worn in my life.  
I only ordered it, so the man on the 
Other end of the phone would not laugh
When I gave him my actual size.
Dhramned catalogues anyway!

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M. L. Kiser March 26, 2019 at 5:10 AM I have a friend who decided after modeling school, that she was not going to pursue it as a career; I am glad she didn't. This was a fun read though. Caren Krutsinger March 26, 2019 at 9:32 AM So easy to get caught up in this nonsense; I feel sorry for them all. Skinny minnies, never eating normally again.

Rhona Mcferran March 25, 2019 at 10:03 PM Clothing catalogues remind me of food magazines... none of it remotely resembles everyday life! I think most of those fashions were probably created by men... and never designed with REAL women in mind! (Surely we wouldn't inflict this misery on our own kind, would we?!) Caren Krutsinger March 26, 2019 at 9:33 AM My cousin's wife worked for an enormous publishing company. All of those gorgeous turkeys on covers at Thanksgiving are RAW painted those lovely colors! Yum Yum huh?

Sara Kendrick March 25, 2019 at 6:30 PM Funny one. Yes, it is not so easy when reality and fantasy meet head on. I guess you could send the coat back and reorder the correct size so you could at least enjoy wearing it. Sara Caren Krutsinger March 25, 2019 at 9:35 PM I could, but I would still have the same problem....they would KNOW.