Uncle History and Topo Gigio

Uncle History loves old television
Just the word “kinescope”
And he bumps the ceiling
Of his skull
Variety shows
His favorites…
Topo Gigio
The Italian mouse
Kisses Ed Sullivan
Over and over
The joy fixed
In improbability
“Kiss me, Eddie!”
Effeminate
Androgynous
The puppet says
No one
Needs a lobotomy
“How beautiful”
Uncle thinks
“You can’t see
The stick
And the wires…”

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