Matthew R. Callies

Beware the Branch Above

Beware the branch above your head,

The drop bear waits with silent paws.

It leaps from gum trees, full of dread,

Beware the branch above your head.

Legends say it feeds on fear instead,

Its growl unseen, its teeth the cause.

Beware the branch above your head,

The drop bear waits with silent paws.