<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://hellopoetry.com/poem/242828/assault-on-sesame-street/" class="nocolor" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: rgb(34, 34, 34) !important;"><b>Assault on Sesame Street</b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">by John F. McCullagh</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">The Helos hovered silently</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br><span style="background-color: white;">as the Seals roped to the ground.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">They touched down on Sesame Street</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">where the “Big Bird” could be found.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">The C.I.A. had tracked him</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Using feed from P.B.S.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">President Mitt o.k’d the hit</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">when we tracked him to his nest.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">A blue grouch in a garbage can</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">liay bleeding on the floor.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">That **** named Cookie Monster</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">won’t eat cookies anymore.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Ernie, Bert and rubber ducky</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Were in the bath they say</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">When Seal team six broke through the door</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">and blew them both away.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Big Bird hid in Hooper’s store</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">While all this had transpired.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Then he laid down suppressing fire</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">With a weapon he’d acquired</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="background-color: white;">Several Seals lay silent</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">in that sleep that isn’t sweet.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Snuffleupagus opened up</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">and forced a Seal retreat.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">A stealth Helo exploded</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">raining wreckage on the street.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Maddened Muppets hurling Bricks</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">compounded Mitt’s defeat.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">As of today Big Bird’s at large.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Him we couldn’t whack.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The briefing failed to tell us</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">That a Liberal Bird fights back</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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