The Children and the Bear

a nonsense poem

The children scaled

the mountainside.

There was nowhere to run.

There was nowhere to hide

 

from the bear

hot on their heels

who wanted to make

them Happy Meals

 

for her hungry

little brood

who-all winter long-

had gone without food.

 

The children spotted

a cliffside lair

and one of them shouted,

"Let's hide there!".

 

The mother bear smiled

at the children naive.

Lunch had never been easier

to retrieve!

 

The children barely

put up a fight

and tasted better

than mom's Moose Delight.

 

The moral of the story?

None.

It was just for laughs,

just for fun-

 

for my horror-loving

friends

who hate tidy,

happy ends!

Reviews

[Kim]

a deep emotional read. Nicely written