. Personality Mouse . A Nation born of…

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Personality Mouse
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A Nation born of some Masonic prank
Can only get so far in serenade
Of glass harmonica on plywood planks
That Murphy calls Democracy. He played
The cops against each other Wednesday night
As Walter wandered shirtless to the war
A-callin’, “Captain!” No one came to light
The bar at Intermission. But before
We get all wrapped around the axle of our grief,
Remember that we bought a mouse with zip
For personality to pump belief
Into the engines of our voided ship.
Be still my heart, Ignatzian brick and path
To my frontier peyote aftermath!

Associated Press photo of the Nixons with Walt Disney and Art Linkletter (in the dome) at Disneyland in 1959