Frosty and Rudolph

do not belong together.

They come from two distinct universes.

In Frosty’s world

children dance and sing

with animated snowmen,

policemen only yell ‘Stop!’

to prevent traffic accidents,

and even the meanest villain

can be appeased with a new magic kit.

In Rudolph’s world

children are capricious gremlins

who cast away toys with slight defects,

where even adult reindeer go out of their way

to exclude their physically challenged kin,

and the admissions boards of dental schools

routinely violate the civil rights of elves.

Yet here they are

Together

Sitting on a shelf in Blockbuster Video

Vying for my three dollars and ninety-nine cents.