Bear at the Tree of Lights (After Peter Birkhauser)

When the Soul began to write his life

examiners at the womb door asked:

“Does this one want to come out?”

The father left to think this over.

The mother was left to pethidine.

The baby came out forceps first.

Some say heroes are born to difficulty.

This one too found his birth

a rehearsal for his quest.

All he saw and heard and felt were

waltzes, global whining, …