waiting for an old bear (to speak)

^{waiting for an old bear (to speak) – SP #7 – black and white 26/05/2022}

there are bags
beneath your eyes

you are
a panda
of some kind

a wrinkling
bear

keeping one eye
on the world

the other . . .

turned away

toward
the inner

seeking

who are you?

who
am I?

what are we?

are we
anything
at all?

you are an eye
times two

so tell me

will you speak?

tell me something . . .

anything . . .

everything . . .

tell me
old bear
I am waiting

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