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TITLE: A Pig's Rebellion | Previous Challenge Entry
By Henry Clemmons
02/19/08 -
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There is a place
Quiet
Between the rapid
Contractions
And expansions
In that slice
Of silence
That knows
It is
Loved.
A Pig’s rebellion
If it only
Relied
On it’s
Otic regions
Hearing
“Unclean”
“Unclean”
“Unclean”
Could be
Dangerous
For mankind
And swine.
Herds of Pigs
Hoofpeding
Through abandoned streets
Echoing snorts
Sneering oinks
Sty mud flying
Scaring young children
Screaming,
“What’s wrong with Elmer?”
Parents wondering
Where’s Oscar
When you need him?
No bacon
Nor roasts
Or clogged arteries.
Heart surgeons
Taking out
Second
Mortgages.
It would be
In a word
Crazy.
Porkers Gone Wild
Headlines scream.
“Rampaging razorbacks
On the attack”
Newsmen warn.
“Were not a dirt animal.”
“Were not a dirty animal,”
The pigs proclaim into
Padded microphones.
Commentators
Opine,
“It’s not good
For the pigs
To lose their
Cool like this.
When they get to
Boston
It will hurt
Them in the
End.”
But,
Praise the Lord
This tragedy
Of rash reactions
And thoughts of
Angry pigs
Unclearly
Expressed
Will never
Ever
Happen
Because
God
Is good.
Thankfully
For us and the
Pig nation
We know
And can sleep
Peacefully
Because…
In the depth of a pig’s heart
There is a place
Quiet
Between the rapid
Contractions
And expansions
In that slice
Of silence
That knows
It is
Loved.
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I did, however, catch an "it's" that should be "its" in the 2nd stanza.
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