Election Issue
The full-moon bear drives dogs crazy tonight.
He wrecks birdfeeders at the neighboring
Houses without hounds. Talk of the town,
That bear. Of course, there are many such bears.
Lots of folks are saying government should
“Do Something!” Do what? Kill off the browsing bruin?
Drive another species into ruin?
Big green lawns are replacing miles of wood,
Appeasing sprawling middle class cares.
Do we need lots more houses up and down
The valley? More bulldozers laboring
But no black bears lumbering through the night?
To stop suburban blight and unchecked bloat
I say we enfranchise bears. Let them vote.
Stephen DiLauro is a wandering bard. You can read his monthly In the Bohemian Continuum column, in print and digitally, in the downtown Manhattan newspaper The Village Star-Revue. Readings of his poems can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@internetbardtv
Very cool rhyme scheme!