Thinker Toys

I asked my mom for Tinker-Toys,

I thought she understood.

But here’s a box of Thinker-Toys--

Oh, this does not look good!

Instead of spools and wheels and discs

And little wooden poles,

There’s just a stack of paper cards

With printed “Thinking Goals.”

Like “Think about the summer rain,”

And “Think about the breeze,”

And “If a honeycomb could talk,

What would it tell the bees?”

This one card says to “Think alone,”

And one says “Think together,”

And here’s a good one:  “Think about

The feelings of a feather.”

There’s “Think a little,” “Think a lot,”

And “Think of something more,”

And, naturally, there’s “Think of things

You’ve never thunk before.”

The “challenge” cards say “Think or Thwim™”

With riddles overboard!

But there’s no prize for winning,

‘Cause the thought’s its own reward.

And that is all--it’s just these cards!

The only other part

Is one small plastic “action” figure--

Some guy named Descartes.

I’m sure that Mom meant well with these,

Of that I have no doubt.

These Thinker-toys did make me think--

I think I’ll throw them out!