Daniel Morris
Ah, Magoo
as if Franz Kline’s fusain
“Study for High Street” slashed
through rumbling blue --
Magoo’s mystic missive
as opening credits roll
never was designed
for kismet skid
off the screen
like a fluke
losing footing
or myopic death drive
of Magoo’s Sunday outing
but rather grace of girder’s
grave construction
of another incessant
skyscraper
as Rutgers ’28 Triskelion
cliquey tycoon bearskin beside
yakking bulldog
McBarker
a hunch of hoary nose
behind the wheel of
primordial automobile hood
accordion behind
rumble seat
of the
obsolete jalopy
the apparition of bridge
becoming airy avenue as
comfy puff of
animated wheels
discover atmosphere
of bevel to be
benevolence
as if Franz Kline’s fusain
“Study for High Street” slashed
through rumbling blue --
Magoo’s mystic missive
as opening credits roll
never was designed
for kismet skid
off the screen
like a fluke
losing footing
or myopic death drive
of Magoo’s Sunday outing
but rather grace of girder’s
grave construction
of another incessant
skyscraper
as Rutgers ’28 Triskelion
cliquey tycoon bearskin beside
yakking bulldog
McBarker
a hunch of hoary nose
behind the wheel of
primordial automobile hood
accordion behind
rumble seat
of the
obsolete jalopy
the apparition of bridge
becoming airy avenue as
comfy puff of
animated wheels
discover atmosphere
of bevel to be
benevolence