Dennis Fritzinger – Back Scratch Bears
bears bears bears bears
griz
has a favorite tree
they snuffled thru leaves, they climbed up the stairs
he likes
to scratch his back on.
they stuck up their muzzles and lifted their ears
late at night
when no one
to hear poems composed about some of their peers
is watching.
tree doesn’t mind.
there were spirit and teddy bears lurking about
tree is
a little bit honored
polar and panda and sun bears no doubt
the king of the forest
has chosen it
dream bears and cream bears mothers and cubs
for a back scratch.
all this is recorded
and thirsty bears finishing off syllabubs
by the watchful eye
of the camera,
they fished and ate berries ate berries and fished
set to music
and broadcast
they haunted our minds till they got what they wished
on the internet,
where such things
a world in which humans and bears both reside
happen
easily.
the way that we used to and that’s side by side
go griz!
you have millions
i know that i heard them as they left by the stairs
of fans now,
even if you don’t know it.
that’s bears bears bears bears