Tag: humans
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Subhuman by Thomas Piekarski
Taking into account imaginarycreatures people consider super,trolls, gods, spirits and fairies,one might draw the conclusionthat we mortals are subhuman,consumed by untimely death,existing in continual worryover what will happen next. Thomas Piekarski is a former editor of the California State Poetry Quarterly.
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When Pigs Fly by Saul Huggins
Six years ago Swine flu visited our farm, Forcing Virginia Hambone to stand firmAgainst the public use of mucky troughs,Which was causing the trots and coughs. Pigs were ordered to remain in their styesAnd baptize their trotters to avert demise.Sty-to-sty sales sows solicited salty swill.A barn was set for the expired and the ill. Presently wild…