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Black Bear

by Ian Whiteley

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Black Bear

 

like a hobo

walking down a train track

in a slow lumbering gait

we pace with you

coming in and out of view

between dense foliage

that separates the myth

from the reality

 

fingers point

hushed reverent voices

intone the chant

a bear, a bear

but this is not

some overstuffed facsimile

bought in a tourist shop

this is the real deal

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Sunday 11th September 2016 10:03 pm

black bear   canada   tourists   familiarisation threat   cull   holiday encounter

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