The Chonky Poe Tee

You arrive in Alaska for Fat Bear Week, the glorious yearly obsession in which otherwise reasonable adults gather to watch bears get fat and develop deeply personal opinions about the outcome. You intend to remain impartial. By the third morning, everyone has a favorite. Yours is Napoleon, though around camp he is simply Poe. He emerges from the alders chonked up, bumbling, and magnificently rotund, like a creature designed by committee to be hugged. Half the viewing party forgets the waiver it signed.

Fat things are cute. This is one of nature’s more effective deceptions. Poe has round ears, heavy paws, and a face suggesting he might enjoy a scratch behind them. Then he reaches the river. The cuddly fellow becomes a sawmill for salmon. Fish disappear with industrial efficiency while Poe adds another layer between himself and winter, working through the run with the grim professionalism of a man who has been told the buffet closes at six.

By noon, Poe is stretched along the bank, wet, round, and content with his work. A little boy beside you lowers his binoculars and asks in a Southern drawl that carries clean across the river, “Can I pet dat dawg?” The guide replies, “That is a bear.” The boy never takes his eyes off Poe. “That was not my question.” This garment-dyed tee preserves the encounter: Poe passing quietly across the chest, then appearing in full on the back beneath the question good judgment discourages but good manners still require.

• 100% ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²)
• Garment-dyed
• Relaxed fit
• DTG printing on the front, back, and left sleeve
• 7/8 in. double-needle topstitched collar
• Twill-taped neck and shoulders
• Double-needle armhole, sleeve, and bottom hems
• Blank product sourced from Honduras

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

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