Bear

Little much does skip past the face of a bear,
he weighs one of two endpoints to swat
to play, to chew, to fall, to lay.

Maybe stuck in prayer position does he look up
before he goes to sleep? Does he listen for something?
Lard belly feels good only for rest.

When he does wake does he then
at one moment think about flames or fire?
Hard dries to quick-sugar beef jerky for a large time.

When he does wake does he then
at one instant remember the blue lines on 3rd-grade paper walls?
Gushy wet in the middle of cracked leaf bed brown.

When he does wake does he then
at one perfect swipe see gills feather their drops?
Salt-skank and scales between steel-post mob teeth.

When he dozes away, canoes then
at one end see the paddle match his mechanical paw.
Mark bark big claw limit of the physics in the math.

Maybe stuck in player position does he look down
before waking up? Does he listen for something?
Hard jelly cracks the lie like a brown dream plain.

Little much does skip past the face of a bear,
he weighs one of two endpoints to swat
to fall, to lay, to play, to chew.