A blizzard blew an Eskimo
Way down to Egypt-land.
The Arabs had no word for snow
And he no word for sand.
They searched for years to find the com-
-mon thing that each man shares.
And there, beneath the swaying palm,
Announced that thing was bears.
Yes, bears, bears, bears, bears, bears, bears, bears,
Bears, bears, bears, bears, bears, bears,
Bears, bears, bears, bears, bears, bears, bears, bears,
Bears, bears, bears, bears, bears, bears. ◊
MICHAEL O'DONOGHUE (1940-1994) was a writer for National Lampoon, the first head writer for Saturday Night Live, and one of the most influential comedy writers of his generation. He contributed this poem to the original Bystander in 1981.
