Elmo may be
a red and fuzzy
pint-sized irritation
who refers to himself
in the third person
(or third muppet)
and even gets
his own strange little "World"
but when he's teamed up
with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
and the Department of Health and Human Services
after the conclusion
of the California measles outbreak
to tell parents the importance
of getting vaccinated
maybe the kids
should turn up the volume.
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.