‘Happy anniversary sweet’
Whispered the forest spirit
Caressing his paw
‘Grunt grrmmm grunterr’
Replied the Anniversary Bear
Sleep clinging to eyelids like
last night’s icicles
‘Groob grraah ggrruubuvursary’
He tried again
chasing after the
frog stuck in his throat
The Anniversary Bear
climbed out of bed
and lolloped slowly
down the stairs
‘Daddy! Have you got her a gift!!!?!!!’
A bushy tailed bunny rabbit
bounced into view,
tossing a bagful of
Prickly exclamation marks
At the Anniversary Bear
As he padded to the sink
‘No one will know’
He mumbled to the bear
In the mirror,
putting the unused razor down,
and pulled a flimsy mask
over grizzly stubble
slowly turning itchy after
three days of neglect
Anniversary Bear played shop
grunting down the phone,
Pawing at keypads,
Clawing his keyboard,
His stomach rumbling
Along as he grumbled
Through the day
On the way home he paused,
hunched over his wheel,
looking balefully at
The empty buckets where other
Bears had rummaged for
last minute flowers
The car crept quietly up the drive
Avoiding eye contact in
The rear view mirror
Left over bean sprouts
steamed silently
As Anniversary Bear
played panda
on the couch corner
Lightning chopsticks
chopping chop suey
‘Why are you here?’
He asked
The puddle of nothing
Under his pillow
‘You found me under a rock’
It replied
‘I am yours now’
Anniversary Bear shrugged
And curled up against
The familiar shape
Under the old duvet
‘Groob grraah ggrruubuvursary’
He mumbled in his sleep
As a vague smile flitted
Across his greying muzzle
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