There were 30 killed in the Primorsky
just last year
their crime, running wild in the Amur region
an occassional scuffle with human
scrap with a dog
or being just plain too pretty
sauntering around in the woods like that
all dressed up in fur, taunting
Korean and Chinese quests for virility.
There's Caesar, speaks Russian
frequents the Hotel Lotte Pusan coffee shop
with the Las Vegas Chorus Line
brought down by lonely Khachaturya
his keeper in the garden
lazy and sad now
his life among the tropical birds and fronds-
the cage serves a dual purpose
like a prison cell
he adapts
without
the luxury of freedom
- Vernon Mooers