Wind Up Toy

         Wind Up Toy

Wi nd up toy, wind up toy,
Source of children's carefree joy.
Wind the spring till fully tight,
Walks or skips to child's delight.
Wind the spring sans regulation,
Spring will break - child's consternation.

A truth each little child does know:
You have to wind to make it go.


Wind up toy, wind up toy,
Source of adult's mindless joy.
Wind the risk till fully tight,
Grow the leverage, your delight.
Spread derivatives sans regulation,
Why wait, have instant gratification.
Buy more stuff without a pause,
Still believe in Santa Claus.

A thruth each little adult should know:
Cnserve and save to make it grow.

Wind up toy, wind up toy,
Source of grandkid's future joy?
Wind the earth with CO2 coat,
Won't get hot till time remote?
Widespread drought across the nation,
Not a reason for carbon regulation.
Melting glaciers, an aberation -
Not till after my generation -
Only our grandkid's consternation!
When isce of Greenland, West Anmtartic go,
Oceans rise forty feet or so.
With all Antartics ice demise,
Two hundred feet the oceans rise.

Surely these are scientist's lies.

A truth that out grandchildren will know,
If we had acted it would not be so.

David W. Oliver 12/11/08