I’m purt near
bout to splode
I’m a bear
with a sore head
ornery as hell
ready to yell
or else to leave
the holler
deprived
of my druthers
my once-brothers
now a use-ta
I don’t miss
call me blue
and too big
for my britches
but I do hew red
around the nape
and see that hue
with folks who think
their shit don’t stink
or folks who
know it does
yet still will shove it
near my nose