Lousy Doggeral
Celebrating National Pig Day with a bit of lousy doggerel from Pythia, the Muse and medium of the Porcine Oracle.
Dano
Learning smells of grass and pigs
The swineherd smells the wild pig smell of grass, and smelling it she learns the weight of time.
Half man half pig
Someone tells you that, “The government’s been experimenting with pig-men since the ’50s!” And this sets you pondering the progeny of improbable liaisons and attests a yearning within you for some kind metamorphosis – a union in which beauty and ugliness are made one by grace.
The pig she rides
You might ride the pig on a carnival carousel, but bounding aboard, the faux-jeweled saddle of a horse, tiger or zebra was probably your intended mount.
Life that roots like a snout
We are reluctantly dragged ever forward by a life that roots like the snout leading some powerful hog. Wishing all a Happy New Year and a snout full of joy and wonder for 2015.