“Struck dumb by love among the walrusesAnd whales, the off-white polar bear with stuffingMissing, the mastodons like muddy buses,I sniff the mothproof air and lack for nothing.”

“Go with polar bears, I say to myself. Polar bears at the North Pole. Baby polar bears scooting along after their mothers in the snow. Polar bears drinking Coca-Cola.”

“I saw a white toilet, with no plumbing, alone in a field of snow. Well, almost alone. There were two naked albinos and a polar bear sitting on it, and I felt inspired to write a love poem.”

“The world must live. We are only one species among billions. The gods don't love us any more than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lilies.”

“Dearest, I cannot loiter herein lather like a polar bear.”

“Even as I speak, the very last polar bear may be dying of hunger on account of climate change, on account of us. And I sure miss the polar bears. Their babies are so warm and cuddly and trusting, just like ours.”