Monster Conservation Ordinance 46294-A

At the west end of the circle
Is the monster that no man fears
Sufficiently

Not Negligence, not Ignorance,
Not Malice, not Greed,
Not Conspiracy

Witness the beast whose claws
Are good intentions, whose teeth
Are (creature) comforts

Whose horns and hooves
Are security and fairness
And justice for all

Witness the grizzly bear
Panhandling for cigarettes
Along the roadway at Yellowstone

Only fearsome when one
Denies it the object
Of its addictions

Filled to the brim with
Bovine scatology
And concern for your well-being

I recommend we both
Run like hell.

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