I place my Grateful Dead
Dancing bears camouflage baseball cap
down on the bar
next to my half liter of Paulaner Munich Lager.
It makes for a lovely presentation
that fairly summarizes
a good portion of my life.
No remorse felt
and only a few fleeting regrets.
The bear kept dancing
just as the beer kept flowing
and most of all
the pen kept scratching words
onto all those spiral notebooks.