Oh Ann. Thank you so much for posting this. It's a delight! Alexander Bear does indeed sound wondrous and I particularly like lines 7 and 8 ('crude' and 'rude', lol).
Dear John is taking some time away (I'm sure he won't mind my mentioning), but I'm hopeful he'll return with Mrs I's teddy in tow, whenever he feels ready to return.
In the meantime, here's one from my Metabear series. A metabear is a special teddy bear. Here, he is feeding the birds. 'Thank-coo!' :>)
Birdfeeding
When temperatures freeze
and frost grips the trees,
kind Metabear fears for his friends;
for though they have coats,
they sound mournful notes,
and so to their upkeep he tends, he tends;
and so to their upkeep he tends.
On rising each day,
he makes up a tray
of breakfast-time goodies to eat:
some nuts and some seeds,
to meet all birds' needs,
then fruitcake as special tea treat, tea treat;
then fruitcake as special tea treat.
The table is set!
Their appetites whet,
the feathery persons arrive;
with grateful glad zeal,
they peck at their meal,
and so through the winter survive, survive,
and so through the winter survive.
All puffed up and warm,
they start to perform,
a beautiful thanksgiving song:
'Praise be to the bear,
who shows us such care,
may his life be cherished ere long!, ere long!
May his life be cherished ere long!'
🐥🐥🐥
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