she has the bear again   
 
                  she's carrying him around
                  in that big bag with the handles
                  the white bear the one from
                  value village
                  I try to get hold of  him but
                  he never leaves her side
                  she has the bear under her desk
                  between her knees
                  she takes him to meetings 
                  in his bag like a big lunch
                  sets him there on the floor
                  like an extra purse
                  at night she curls around him
                  like he wasn't real
 Michael McNeilley 
© 1997
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