Sunday, December 6, 2020

Let There be Barbies - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Let There be Barbies

 

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter.

Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play.

 

-Churchill, Christmas Eve radio address, 1941

 

Some young mothers ban Barbies and Santa Claus

And all such trinkets and dolls and mummeries

Sacrificing childhood to fashionable gossip -

In obedience to the Holy Internet

 

A toy Cochise must never ride again

Or little plastic soldiers defend their forts

Or Maid Marian roam with Robin Hood –

Barbie must never be dressed for success

 

Little children must now sit on the floor

On Christmas morn to play with ideologies

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