mickey mouse comes over all big heady
foam handed, numb-eared, unsteady
donald duck shakes his feathery butt & gets ready

flaps around for a crap plastic gown
and an itty-bitty mask that keeps falling down
yelling and gelling and generally running around

minnie mouse is more minimal
a thoroughly practical cartoon animal
sighs as she puts aside the infection control manual

meanwhile, up on the tv, there’s pluto!
guffawing, exploring stats on the computo
(quite how he got THAT job I DON’T know)