Saturday, August 24, 2013

Island Poem 7: Bear



 

More myth than thing
Even here, among eagles,
They are the ghosts
In stories and sounds.

I did see one once,
I saw it swimming
(Swimming!)
From island to shore
It shook itself dry.

They shot that one.

It got too close to a cabin,
They do that, I guess,
We do fear the ghosts
When they get too near.

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