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Jenny George: Notes on Pigs

May 10, 2011 by PBQ

A  pig has eyelashes.
The pig’s eyelashes function like our own eyelashes,
but have a different meaning.
The pig is unadorned. A pig who cares about her looks
is absurd.
A person who cares about a pig is a rare thing.
Many people live near animals.
A pig does not take a long evening bath, with a glass
of sparkling grapefruit set on the porcelain ledge.
Neither a pig nor a person is invincible.
A pig is a tasty thing, when killed and cooked.
A person dressed in a pig costume is trying to be funny.
Pigs have superior eyesight.
A pig can see the silver belly of a plane moving across the sky.
Or a beetle crawling up a fence post.
Certain pink tulips, when the sun hits them, have the color
of a clean pig.
A pig can only give birth to a person in a dream.
When a pig dies, it is either mourned by other pigs, or not.

Filed Under: Contributors 83, Issue 83, Poetry, Poetry 83 Tagged With: Contributors 83, Jenny George, Poetry, Poetry 83

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