The theater where I used to watch ancient cartoons
after school in my neighborhood
has been gone for generations.

In its place stands a cultural center
where musicians and theatrical events
play on occasion
that heighten the culture
of all who may enter.

It seems that little has changed
except I can’t see Daffy Duck
blasting bucktoothed Hirohito to smithereens anymore.
Those shorts were racist as fuck
but crazy fun.