Poems of the Week

Bear in Mind

by Alex Steelsmith

“[N]ever get in harm’s way by enticing or provoking a wild bear [to attack] …
You can run afoul of the law as well as the bears if you get too close and end up
paying a fine.”
CNN

Curious
sightseers,
when they have
barged

into bear
habitat,
sometimes get
charged.