Wind-up Toy
She is pleasing and delicate,
Attractive and entertaining.
Wind her up.
Listen as she sings
Her mundane, chilling tune.
And watch.
Watch as she does her little dance,
That stupid little dance.
Inside her, a network
Of mechanical wheels and gears.
Torsion springs designed to
Create a performance to one’s ears,
And a delight to one’s eyes.
Again! Wind her up again!
Isn’t it charming, amusing perhaps
Watching her.
Isn’t this why she was created?
Her body parts
Masterfully made to
Execute a premeditated slinky dance.
Or to be flaunted
For others to make a lampoon of her.
Wind her up too much.
She’s now unlovely.
Her grating cacophony is childish and off-key.
Her movements are jarring and robotic.
She is not pleasing and delicate.
She is scandalous and worn,
Improper and ugly.