where black crows cease to sit,
The leaves are dead,
the branches break,
and bark falls off this tree
in flakes.
Inhospitable home on a dusty dirt road
how did these piggies get high?
A warning sign?
A lullaby?
A big fuck you to this passersby?
Oh, big ol' pink hides,
Oh, big ol' pink heads!
If I were that tree I'd be thrice over dead.
As dead as those piggies hung high on dead lumber,
a long lullaby for an unending slumber.
it's beautiful, jane, truly beautiful.
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i love it.
you made me smile.
ReplyDeletei really like "o, big ol' pink hides/o, big ol' pink heads!"
ReplyDeletei can hear your voice in it.
I get nervous when i read things out loud...unless I'm intoxicated or drunk with self esteem (at that particular moment).
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