A poem by An Attorney Sticking Up For Maligned Brown Bears

Photo by Wayne Pridemore in Alaska

There are poems

About Brown Bears

-walking on two feet-

-eating cookies-

There are scenes:

A murderous Brown Bear

Devouring little girls

With pony tails

And flowered dresses.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore in Alaska

These poems are bad

Bad for Brown Bears

Bad for their character

Bad for their reputation

Brown Bears resent

"Brown Bear " poems.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore in Alaska

Brown Bears are easy going

But they feel they are 

Unjustly maligned

And they peacefully ask 

For retribution.

Yours truly,

Brown Bears by Frank Broderick 1979