"Baths are nice, I think. Marriage is nice, I think. When I die I feel very clean." -Adam Peterson, from My Untimely Death

A Game to Play

I sat down in the forest

and the bear sat next to me

we stared at each other for a while

then asked each other

how did you get here

at the exact same time

then we said

no how did you get here

no how did you get here

no how did you get here

at the exact same time

and tempers began to flare

the bear stood up to me

and I stood up to it

and we continued to stare at each other

I said

take off that mask

as the bear said

take off that mask

and he swiped his paw across my face

as I grabbed his face and pulled

behind his bear face

the bear had my face

and with my mask gone

I revealed my bear face

I knew it

we both said

I’m sorry to disappoint you

we both said

we sat back down

and watched the world burn