Mattel Poems

Us Girls Live in a Fantasy

...Waist not an outfit, Barbie with her slip-on shoes,
fairy-belts; plush hair, sometimes in ponytails.

Forget-me-not her impossible figure. Why do some
suppose that Barbie should...

Cash strapped despondent citizen banker

...Cash strapped despondent citizen banker
in unrelenting deep purple Depeche Mode crisis...

the yeast you could do
for a crusty and crabby old man,
(who I know 
like the back of my clawed hand),...

Cash strapped despondent citizen banker

...Cash strapped despondent citizen banker
in unrelenting deep purple Depeche Mode crisis...

the yeast you could do
for a crusty and crabby old man,
(who I know 
like the back of my clawed hand),...

My Cousin Sadie

...She sits in a provocative way, knowing it.
Shiny red fedora perched down over her eyes.
An open dress shows many gorgeous assets.
Headlights glaring, soft legs casually crossed.

Looking like a ...

Mine Reddened Pharynx Constriction Sorely Limits Ability To Yell

...Thankfully wife as helpmate available,
when yours truly feels unswell
her tender loving care can spell
relief afflicted which she can hopefully quell
but spouse of mine, he doth not aim to overse...

Matty Mattel Doll Circa Mcmlxv

...(alternately titled: idolizing childhood's end
today April 25th, 2021
generates elusive warm treasured memories).

Akin to significance my eldest sister
felt toward her “Willies” –
(totally tub...

Hopeful Hot Wheels

...Deserted we lie, banished to a shoe box; discarded metal
scraping metal every spring as our ignored box gets shelved 
in a different room of the house; forsaken and further away
from real ...

Barbie the Fashionista

...Barbie was the ultimate fashionista.
I received her when I was nine;
she had a shape; no ordinary baby doll.
No baby at all. It was embarrassing to dress her.
Or rather undress her.

Then we ha...

What's New With Me Matthew

...What's new with me...Matthew?

Well for starters Nationwide
road service emergency
one man cutting crew
with battery charger in tow knew
exactly why no juice (think electricity),
his hunch fou...

Trixie Jumps Into the Fray

...Nutter Butter. Almond Joy, Mounds Bars, and Cherry Mash.
Those candy manufacturers know how to name to get their cash.
We contenders scoff; we snicker and sneer.
The toymaker crazy idea brigade ha...

Action Figures

...They could not call them dolls.
	Because they were afraid of little boys’ reactions to the word doll.
So Mattel named their boy dolls 
             ACTION 
            FIGURES

	Gave them sword...

My Matty Mattel Talking Doll

...While meditating earlier today,
a flashback leapt
     clear for me to assay,
those ever receding

     early boyhood daze,
     now subsumed within fifty,
plus nine shades of gray
blissfully...

Mattel You Did Well

...She was the prettiest doll in the whole world,	
Elegant, stunning, waist-less, buxom,
Curves all over the place,
No straight lines.

Shocking for a child’s toy 
Shocking for 1959.
Mattel was b...

Barbie

...On March the 9th in ‘59
Some frowned and many cheered
‘Cause that’s the date a brand-new doll
Named Barbie first appeared.

Though girls were mostly smitten
Critics very soon attacked
Because ...

The Barbie Doll Flap

...The Barbie Doll Flap

By Elton Camp

A group of folks are raising hell
Asking a fat Barbie from Mattel

Should a doll be impossibly thin
Or preferable to have a double chin?

Seems to me th...

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