Karen Bassey's "Fixed" is about a woman who is punished simply for being different. The opening line is blunt: "They hate her guts." The reason is not that she has done anything wrong, but that she is "nothing like them." The repeated "like them" in the middle lines makes the group sound narrow and obsessed with sameness. They can't accept that she doesn't dress, act, or want what they do.
The final lines carry the sting. "Tear her down" and "bring her to ruin" are violent phrases, yet the last line calls the result "All fixed." The word sounds cheerful, as if she were a broken object that has finally been repaired. The speaker clearly doesn't see it that way. The tone seems bitter and sarcastic, and the speaker appears to be mocking the crowd's idea of success. The mood is cold and sad, with a quiet anger underneath. The poem suggests that making someone "just like them" means destroying who she was.