(Christmas) Nightmare
The Teddy Bear ornament with three heads
is staring at me with its contented plaster smile
like I am a bowl of oatmeal and it is going
to steal me away to its cave, no!, not for a cup of
egg nog, but to gnaw on my chewy bones by an
open fire, and share me with the bear cubs
who will silence my screams and bury
my bones with my memories,
under a large pine tree
somewhere off the highway...
by Micah Zevin (2009)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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