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By a young poet, Tao Lin.

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It's called "A Poem
Written by a Bear,"

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and it is, in my
estimation, ridiculous.

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"A Poem Written by a Bear."

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"Let me go eat some salmon.

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Why are there coke
cans in the river?

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What if I wore a bulletproof
vest during hunting season?

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I'm a bear.

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I walk in the forest
and look at the river,

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and the river is cold.

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I saw campers today, and they
ran away, and I was alone.

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And I destroyed their tent.

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Let me go scratch
my paw on a tree.

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Let me go eat the salmon.

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Last night I cried
into my salmon.

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The salmon was sad, but
it still wanted to live.

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It wanted to swim and be sad,
and I ate it under moonlight.

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I saw a moose scream
the other day.

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It screamed quietly
under a tree.

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I felt embarrassed and sad, and
I thought, oh no, oh god, oh

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my god.

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Sometimes I climb a tree and
sit there and sing very quietly.

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Sometimes I want to
go to a shopping mall

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and chase the humans
and claw them.

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Ill ride the moose
into the shopping mall

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and ram the humans.

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The moose and I will
ride the escalator,

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and I will hug the moose and
the moose and I will cry.

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I will eat the
moose I don't care.

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I will scream and
throw the bubble gum

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machine from the second
floor to the first floor.

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I felt compassion
for the salmon,

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and now, I don't care anymore.

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I'll walk into the parking
lot and chase a large human

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and hug the human, and cry.

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I'll walk into a house at
night and push the humans

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off the bed.

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I'll stare at the bed,
and I'll feel fake."

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A poem by a bear.

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[LAUGHTER]

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[APPLAUSE]

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