CHRISTMAS TOYS
Children staring through the
window,
Fingers pointing to displays
Noses pressed against the
glass,
Ooh's and Ahh's and Yeah's and Hey's.
Toys now, the likes of
which
Older folks cannot perceive,
Far beyond their comprehension,
They're
amazed and so naive.
Computer things for savvy
teens,
Robotic toys for tots,
Animals that bounce and pounce,
Push
their tummies and they walk.
Expensive electronic toys,
On
each wish list this year,
Desktops, laptops, hand held devices,
Every
kid's an engineer.
Technical, optical,
digital,
Printers, and keyboards, and mice,
Cordless, wireless,
portable,
Hah! Won't this Christmas be nice!
Megabytes, gigabytes,
megahertz,
The more, the merrier, it seems,
The bigger, the broader, the
wider,
The better, those monitor screens.
Hardware, software, disks that
save,
And drives that burn CD's,
Machines that copy, scan, and
print,
And drives for DVD's.
A little girl stood at the
window,
Gazing at everything with awe,
"Mama," she said and
pointed,
"That's what I want ... that doll."
Propped atop a Christmas
box,
High upon a plastic shelf,
Totally out of place, it seemed,
Sat
a doll, all by itself.
"But, honey," her mother smiled and
said,
"I doubt that dolly can talk,
She's not electronically
endowed,
So she cannot creep nor walk."
"I don't care," said the little
girl,
"I just want her to hold and hug,
Like mamas do for
babies,
When they want to show them love."
"I want to hold her in my
arms,
And rock her fast asleep,
She doesn't have to talk or walk,
Or
need to weep or creep."
And so the mother bought the
doll,
For her wise and precious child,
"I guess new things aren't always
best,"
She decided then, and smiled.
Far better to hold a baby
doll,
Than to hold a remote control,
Far better to know of hugs and
love,
Than of things electronic and cold.
Virginia (Ginny)
Ellis
Copyright December 2006 ~ July 2007
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