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 poetry | Bruce Taylor | issue 4
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The Parable Of The Pig And The Apple
    And if thy sowe have moo pygges
    than thou wilt rere, sell them or eate them
                                                      Fitzherb 1586

That pig
that rough snout of arrogance
that happy as a pig in shit pig
that brick pig that straw and twig pig
pig of my heart

This little pig blind little jug
the wee wee one
that much maligned pig
that slow big dirty lazy
fat as a pig pig that swine

The eater and shitter
that thunder-pig bearer of rain
the iron sow the goddess
the old white one
that great mother of a pig
the shining one

The Lunar Pig that cannibal that
Sarazan Christian Muslim Hindu Pig
that money in the bank pig
the one in a poke
the eater the eater
that rude calling
swill pig swill pig

that stuck pig, the squealing one,
that roast pig, that apple in its mouth
that sweet sweet candied apple



Bruce Taylor

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