Arms and legs

These army men and leggy girls

With weaponry and flaxen curls,

Respectively, are plastic toys,

One kind for girls, one kind for boys.

And when the kids are in the shop,

Accompanied by mom and pop,

Each for their favored plaything begs,

The boys for arms, the girls for legs.

But mothers dream potential harms

If anyone should play with arms,

While fathers for their part think twice

When girls inform them of the price.