Holy Crap Christina! This is one of the most powerful pieces of poetry
I've read in a very long time. Stunning work, just excellent. Please tell
me you're putting this on in your "to send out for publication in the real
world" folder. Cheerwell, Mary :O)
--- Christina Fletcher <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Snuffle the trough: come December
> they’ll tie your leg across your chest, drag you
> to the yard and puncture your throat.
> Krisha will cover your corpse with straw,
> burn and scrape away the bristles.
> And when your eyes and peeled hooves
> are thrown into fresh snow, it’ll take all the men
> to lift you to the butchering table.
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> Don’t squeal: they sing you to sleep,
> whisper their secrets in your big pink ears.
> And when your bladder’s emptied
> to wash those frozen stones, your head boiled
> and you’re squeezed into your intestines,
> chickens will peck your blood, your guts
> will feed the dog and little Celestina
> will munch your ears with gusto.
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> christina fletcher
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Good Cheer & Be Well,
Maryann Hazen Stearns
"Under The Limbo Stick" http://www.geocities.com/Faerhart/
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