The Jock from Otterbein U

The Jock from Otterbein U

by Jack Fritscher

Some guy
red-blond
cut high-and-tight
red goatee
forestry major
phys-ed minor
faded Levi’s tight on tight body
rust-red hair spilling out the neck
of his hidebound t-shirt
brag-printed
“Otter Drinking Team”
sleeves ringing round
veined knobs
of hard biceps,
furred forearms,
hairy-handed,
eating potato chips
off Student Union table
showing belly fur
knees wide apart
blue denim fuck basket
fingered absently
once and then again
while he bones up on
how hidden cameras
study the secret life of bears