docile
bear stands before his keeper
upright on widespread hind legs
paws drooped submissively
bear resembles
a paunchy middle aged man in a bear suit
bear’s taller than his keeper
who looks dusty
in striped trousers shapeless striped jacket
scuffed shoes
who looks like a convict
brim of his flat cap shadowing
____ hawk eyes
____ beaked nose
____ a small moustache
Norman Sanson looks at the camera
bear does not
bear waits patiently
____ for morsel in raised left hand
____ waits for the signal
what’s in Sanson's right hand
____ dangling down
long metal rod
____ with curved hook
cobblestone walls bound the pen
topped by metal fencing
____ vantage point for viewing the beasts