Be The Coyote

My tribute to the most underrated underdog in the Looney Tunes Universe.

The craven beast mounts the crimson rocket
Like Slim Pickens minus the power socket

Lighting a fuse, becoming a space monkey
The onlookers call him a mental flunkey

Because he fails like a Swiss timepiece
Or like the government in modern Greece

But he presses on with the stone up the hill
Our modern Sisyphus driven by sheer will

Despite the flawed plans and fatal contraptions
It’s likely the longest running fatal attraction

Of course, he could have boiled a dumb rabbit
Not much ingenuity and he would have had it

But he is a workhorse that will not quit
Even though he’s mired in the deepest s**t

He may never catch the Roadrunner for what it’s worth
But he’s been the Coyote ever since his day of birth

He’s not the modern hero, but the perpetual underdog
Rooting for him, and you’re sinking yourself into a bog

A bog of depletion, a bog of depression, a bog of despair
Because life isn’t exactly the existence that truly cares

And every day, we fight against it and dig in our heels
Because life won’t freely hand us our wants and meals

And the Coyote in our unclaimed and unseen symbol
Because life cares about us, the size of a small thimble

So if you want to press forth and have that matter to you
Tell yourself to  Be The Coyote and bid the despair adieu!

Reviews

[Chris]

AH...My 1000 shares of Acme are still growing and splitting, growing and splitting... NOTHING is like a determined Coyote... cept of course - his brother.

We hold these truths to be self-despondent that no man is created equal to the task of damn near anything... but a woman... well, I'll hold the comment here - paused... I like breathing... and the nicities that go with that endeavor.

Chris

[Rene Velez]

nice play, I like this very much, that coyote is one determined b*****d, well scribed..

[Helpless]

very cool, :)