Lame Duck: Looney Toons and Disney's Vertical Merger

Lame Duck:

Looney Toons and Disney’s Vertical Merger

Neither Daffy nor Donald, 

But animated still,

A sidekick to himself: 

Comic relief in the face of 

Rodents: Mickey and Bugs.

Steamboat Billing. 

That left at Albuquerque,

Or was it Chicago? Hawaii?

All paths have led to DC:

Rabbit holes beget black holes.

Rodents: bought and feckless.

Yosemite’s shooting. 

A new breed, part bred

Of bloods mixed red with red

And white and blue:

American doubtlessly through.

Rodents: bureaucrats, all. 

Pepe’s feline striping. 

Seven years in the making, 

Betraying pragmatism

For legacy and posturing:

Hard lefting, reinterpreting.

Rodents: seekers and rats.

Foghorn shuffling.

Tamany-like in its reach,

Godfather made and making,

Hope marginalized, star fading:

Posturing for replacements:

Rodents: blood stained chompers. 

Minnie pursed-pouting. 

Stacking long-packed boxes 

In creases of office oblongota,

Next to others never opened:

Laws from decrees, by veto’s pen.

Rodents: flushed out by flood. 

Gonzalez speeding. 

Cherry blossom lei’d,

Enjoying his victory lap,

Campaigning finally complete:

Restart in retirement?

Rodents: ducking and lame.

Sequel tour planning.