If He Were Alive Today, Mayhap, Mr. Morgan..
If He Were Alive Today, Mayhap, Mr. Morgan.. - meaning Summary
Childhood Mimicry of Wealth
Nash imagines a second childhood in which he wants only to play banker at Bankers Trust, asking for a kiddie car and permission to "beep-beep." The poem uses childlike voice and onomatopoeic sounds to mock adult ambitions and the allure of banking prosperity. By equating corporate identity with toylike pleasures and cute noises, it lightly satirizes consumer culture and social aspiration, portraying wealth as an object of playful desire.
Read Complete Analyses"Beep-beep. BANKERS TRUST AUTOMOBILE LOAN You'll find a banker at Bankers Trust" Advertisement in N.Y. Times When comes my second childhood, As to all men it must, I want to be a banker Like the banker at Bankers Trust. I wouldn't ask to be president Or even assistant veep, I'd only ask for a kiddie car And permission to go beep-beep. The banker at Chase Manhattan, He bids a polite Good-day; The banker at Immigrant Savings Cries Scusi! and Olé! But I'd be a sleek Ferrari Or perhaps a joggly jeep, And scooting around at Bankers Trust, Beep-beep, I'd go, beep-beep. The trolley car used to say clang-clang And the choo-choo said toot-toot, But the beep of the banker at Bankers Trust Is every bit as cute. Miaow, says the cuddly kitten, Baa, says the woolly sheep, Oink, says the piggy-wiggy, And the banker says beep-beep. So I want to play at Bankers Trust Like a hippety-hoppety bunny, And best of all, oh best of all, With really truly money. Now grown-ups dear, it's nightie-night Until my dream comes true, And I bid you a happy boop-a-doop And a big beep-beep adieu.
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