Bears descend from burnt mountains into town. Starving, they only want our garbage.

Men on corners shout: “Garbage now; next our jobs!”

Bears preparing taxes, scanning groceries. Why not?

You befriend two, take them to eat Filet-o-Fish. They lick their enormous claws clean.

Full-bellied, they doze, dream memories of green.

JSP JACOBS is a graduate of the Boise State University creative writing program, and Tin House and Chapman University Workshops.  Her work has appeared in publications including Nano Fiction, 100 Word Story, Hawaii Pacific Review, Parent Map, and SmokeLong Quarterly, as well as being nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has taught fiction writing at Orange Coast College, and now lives and writes between Huntington Beach, California and Boise, Idaho. You can find her at JSPJacobs.com.