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Found in <\/strong>Willow Springs 95<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Potbellied Pig<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the beach, a swine is dragged from
the narrow doorway of an RV, cries an agony,

stomps a fit, harnessed by parents
who named him Kevin Bacon, clipped him

a mohawk, dyed it red, white, and blue, bright enough
to pledge allegiance because this is America

where you can flag your colors
on a 150-pound potbelly pig, stroll him on the sandy shore,

pose him in green plastic shades, create a sensation\u2014
whose Latin root means intended to excite violent emotions,<\/em>

which, I\u2019ll admit, Kevin does for me, because I don\u2019t want
him to be a spectacle in the gloaming, only

the Lord\u2019s delicate making. Kevin
sways and trundles, forked feet sink in spume,

his holler melding with surf, as if he is hailing
the sea in his own swine song

for courage or rescue, I don\u2019t know which. I\u2019m afraid of
how much I crave my own raw nature.

I want permission to muddy my lips, taste
the pocked marsh of a root, gnash the pearly red beads

of a mulberry tree, grub on worms and tubers,
my tusks emerging like spears, carve my

way in the world with certainty born of blood and fire.
Don\u2019t we all want permission to re-wild?

Become enough as we are without the thunderclap
of public story? As a crowd gathers to snap selfies

with Kevin, his cries subdue, snout submerged in sand,
ardent heart lashed to human will. I weep

for him, for my untamed self\u2014winged child
of my dreams, fairy who galloped bareback among

the stars. Even now, I want to paw
at the earth, sniff rain soaked air, unlock

the passage between grief and liberty.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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