The Bear Poem by Taylor Rosewood

The Klamath descends
out of Crater Lake Spring-
set free by the huntsman
tracking south with his dogs,

only to be damned, and
made weir'd by the humans,
who's dominion is a creeper
bearing rape and neglect.

But the river breaks away-
becomes a womb in the forest-
where Salmon's holy drive
takes a leaping, tragic turn,

and me? I'm here reporting-
husky voice of sky blue waters-
lucky to have this job with all the
changes in this world.