A protective mother bear and her two young cubs
One strong and snarky the other scrawny but equally loved
The first shaggy and brown inquisitive to a fault
the smaller black as coal but tried to act like an adult
Taught to fish and forage a nap in a warm safe den
a steaming bowl of porridge and a story of the world of men
A cautionary tale that explains the sounds of saws.
that seem to get closer with every coming dawn.
Until the day a circus truck came rumbling through town.
Some guy with a whip was seen wandering around.
And In a berry thicket, he saw the young black cub.
As he snuck up from behind him with a sack and a club
In a blink the cub was gone, sedated crated shipped out west
his surly sibling bared his teeth and ate a ranger in a vest
Now that was years ago, and if the momma bear had known
that her little cub was strong enough, and just how much he'd grown
She didn't know how he' could climb upon the ball
impressing the ringleader when he'd rolln didn't fall
Now he's working in a trio with a tiger and a lion
but he outclasses those cats without even trying
His brother was a bear another color so to speak
he'd walk the trail all menacing, threatening the weak
and he'd roar at the sky when no one could hear
and shit on the trail so other bears would stay clear
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And the momma bear retired to the big old country cave
where her old and grizzly man like to hibernate away
When she heard a human screaming she would think about her sons
through the dismembering of campers and the children having fun
The smell of the popcorn and the roar of the crowd
the diesel and the chainsaws were getting awfully loud
Until one day it stopped, the trucks and tractors ceased.
the silence stretched, days to weeks, a forest returned to peace.
There were rumors of a sickness that kept the men away.
with rags upon their faces locked in their cubic caves.
The humans didn't know when the circus could resume.
they euthanized the lion and sold the tiger to the zoo.
The bear was turned loose to wander through the land
Would he head north to the ice or to the cities of the man?
as he wandered in the wasteland he thought about his skills
he could stand and wave, drop and roll, but hadn't tallied any kills
he remembered his surly sibling in daydreaming thoughts
considered it most likely he'd already been shot
he remembered his mom and his grizzled old dad
the warm oozing honey and a soft earthen bed
He sat down by the highway, watching the trucks go past
he saw a child waving, he waved back toward the lass
and that's how it happened, he found his new career
now he's a dancing mascot for a northern craft beer
and as for Brother Brown he's well on his way
to a most wanted poster for the people he slays
Now he walks with a hitch cause he's taken his shots
and he keeps his teeth sharp cause they're all that he's got
Woodland wisdom: use what you have, bear necessities are rarely enough
A little booze, a winter snooze, Grin and bear it when times get tough