A Pome a Day for a Year

“Enough!
You guys blew up
a half block of warehouse in your pursuit
of Professor Ruinous!
No NO!
I don’t wanna hear it!

The amount of leeway I give you two
outstrips any good will
created catching the worst scum
of this city, and I’m tired. I’m so
tired, of having my behind chewed
more than a stuffed toy in a rottweiler’s den!

Look, Brannigan, you’re a veteran,
you’re supposed to be reigning in Steele
here, tempering his hotshot
can do attitude that’s enhanced
by his deep family loss at the hands
of the British.

And Steele! You know you’re here
on temporary transfer, your last chance
to show them you should have
a position here in major squad!
Destroying private property
ain’t gonna cut it!

You guys are on thin ice,
I got the commissioner breathing
so far down my neck, he’s at my ankles!

You guys have one last chance!
One chance to find Professor Ruinous,
shut down his illegal cat herding plants,
and bring down the whole of the
Feline Fellowship!

Now hand in your badges and your guns,
this is off the record, by the books,
no backup, undercover,
you get me?

You got 72 hours,
bring it in!”