F.A.O. Schwarz

The biggest toy store in the world
Is closing up its doors.
No longer will we get to shop
In this, the king of stores.

With huge toy soldiers in the front,
It welcomed all who came.
The famous piano scene from “Big”
Just added to its fame.

A life-sized ape or elephant
Was there for you to buy.
It cost nine hundred bucks
But there was always a supply.

Yet you could also buy a toy
For several smackeroos.
From all the well-stocked shelves
There was so much on hand to choose.

Both tourists and New Yorkers
Liked to stroll its tempting aisles
And children wandered bug-eyed,
Faces bursting with their smiles.

But now the heyday’s over;
There’ll be no more F.A.O.,
Just another fine example
Of the way things seem to go.