Twistable Turnable Man
Twistable Turnable Man - meaning Summary
Flexible Identity, Marketed
The poem describes a gleefully malleable "Twistable Turnable Man" who can shrink, stretch, and fit anywhere. His equally pliant family mirrors his flexibility. The narrator presents this suppleness as both playful and unsettling, suggesting the figure is a marketed, always-available product whose identity is defined by utility and consumption. The tone mixes childlike fun with a quiet critique of commodified conformity and the demand to be endlessly adaptable.
Read Complete AnalysesHe's the Twistable Turnable Squeezable Pullable Stretchable Foldable Man. He can crawl in your pocket or fit your locket Or screw himself into a twenty-volt socket, Or stretch himself up to the steeple or taller, Or squeeze himself into a thimble or smaller, Yes he can, course he can, He's the Twistable Turnable Squeezable Pullable Stretchable Shrinkable Man. And he lives a passable life With his Squeezable Lovable Kissable Hugable Pullable Tugable Wife. And they have two twistable kids Who bend up the way that they did. And they turn and they stretch Just as much as they can For this Bendable Foldable Do-what-you're-toldable Easily moldable Buy-what you're-soldable Washable Mendable Highly Dependable Buyable Saleable Always available Bounceable Shakeable Almost unbreakable Twistable Turnable Man.
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