A Sweet but Sour Cold Reality Lunch Special

A Poem by Mike Vahsen of onwritingchapterfive. Check it out 

Cold Chinese Food at 2:00 AM

No one knows it but me:
There's a bear in Riverside Park.
He's the only one on the isle of Manhattan.
As a result he's lonely
and fills the void by eating from trash cans
even when he's not hungry.



Sushi is his favorite.

It's almost as sad

as women who buy themselves flowers.
Almost.

And if I'd married that girl

like she thought I should've
then
and I think I should've

now

I wouldn't be wasting

our time
with this.

That bear.

He's not real, you know.

No one hibernates

for that long

and gets away with it.

Art By Mike Jordan