WILY

Want is a slender creature, always on the prowl, never satisfied. And when the prey is sly, the old dog will try just about anything to quiet the rumblings deep inside. Acme will fail again and again, but persistence will surely pay off in the end if the anvils, rubber bands, dehydrated boulders, DIY kits, painted walls, and canyon falls don’t kill him first. The bird has the gall to lure the desperate chap into his own trap. Want tends to lead to that—causing him to run after something he thinks he can catch. Only, a sudden stop by that road runner can’t be handled by blind momentum and gravity will send him plummeting down, down, down. Poor coyote disappearing in a grey cloud of dust on the canyon floor. Keeping score, the bird above mocks ‘beep-beep’ and runs. The advantage goes to the wily one.