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A Child Asks For More

John Grey

Don't worry.
You will have a brand new outfit
for Barbie
even if I have to rob
a convenience store
to finance her expensive lifestyle.

But why dream small.
I'll knock over a bank
and she can drive that
red Corvette she's always
dreamed about.

 

And maybe,
with the chic pants suit,
the flashy car,
she can attract a male
more exciting
than that lifeless dummy Ken.

 

What's that you say, child?
Barbie needs more male company
like a dog needs more fleas.
She's a doll on the move.
She wants the look, the horsepower,
to bust through that glass ceiling.

 

Then go ask your mother.
She makes more than I do.

JOHN GREY:  Australian born poet, playwright, musician. Latest book is
                         “What Else Is There” from Main Street Rag. Recently in The
                         English Journal, Northeast, Pearl and the Journal Of The American 
                         Medical Association.