Friday, February 26, 2010

It's not polite to insult bears


Darn these crummy bifocals. Yesterday I thought I read the following headline: 

"Cruel winter's latest 

insults bears downeast" 

Then I read it again: 
"Cruel winter's latest insult bears down on East" 

Well thank goodness. I'd hate to think some rude "latest" is going around insulting bears in Maine. 

It gave me such a grin that I have been inspired to "limerize" the following poem:

IT'S NOT POLITE TO INSULT BEARS
by Kim Norman 

The bulletin caused me to frown, 
and my brain wondered, "Black bears? or brown?" 
Then I found my opaque, 
Ursa Major mistake 
was confusing a verb for a noun. 

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