the tragedy of a too willful yearling bear
I am a "J" in Myers-Briggs,
driven by rules, by the clock,
not very "squishy" about what should be,
I love bears,
and I do appreciate the ambiguity
of the intersection of their lives and ours,
a yearling bear broke the pact
that I feel we follow,
it got aggressive and tried to get into our house,
he was after the waffles we were cooking,
just as several days before he was after a cooking burger,
it broke the rules,
so I called those who police such interactions,
now a trap is set for the hungry bear
with Krispy Kreme doughnuts
and a culvert cage to hold him,
he broke into the living room of a house
below us two days ago,
the same day he wanted waffles,
he is a beautiful bear, willful, too willful,
and, once he's caught
he will most likely be "put down," euthanized,
I mourn his impending loss,
and, god help me, I agree with the need for it,
(the next day)
the bear is caught,
my feelings, too, are trapped.
by Henry H. Walker
August 7-8, ‘23
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