Eugène Zak, Polish-Belarusian
Famous For His Perfectionism Among His Fellow Comic Strip Characters, Bucky Liked To Come In Early Every Day and Manually Adjust All His Speech Bubbles, Before 1926
Oil on canvas
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/// After Christmas, the eavesdropping elf
could stop spying and vacate his shelf.
He would, perched on a bench,
try with ice wine to quench
his profound shameful loathing of self.
/// The elf’s job is, in essence, to snitch,
and it troubles him, this is his niche.
A tattletale styled
to appeal to a child.
(With the toy makers, he’d gladly switch.)
/// When he’s drunk, all his guilt is dismissed;
his complicity with Santa’s “List.”
Calls kids “naughty” (not “nice”)
for some elf-witnessed vice.
He’s a voyeur who just can’t resist.