Robot Toy
Robot toy of springs, screws. Orange
Armored plastic, transparent plates
Sausage-shaped soldier, lover?
Assembled by Ching-wen, factory 1287
Purchased, 1987. Turn knob, marches
Pick up by head, legs kick, tick, tick
In a box through the nineties
Across the country, amongst cookbooks
On a shelf now. Guest room robot
Hours of entertainment, 56 episodes
38 by my son--ages 5, 7, 8, 10--marching on
Chin and belly to the floor in its advance
Clear-headed robot, of Asian decent
Ching-wen, now 60, assembling still
Wondering where they all wind up.
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