Numerous Poetic Facts About Swine

Pigs They are born in a flood of magma. They claw their way to the center of the earth. They don’t know what a blouse is, and they don’t care. There are seventeen constellations named for their kin. They coordinate all the Monday briefings. When they read the wrong books, they return them to libraries […] The post Numerous Poetic Facts About Swine appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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