here piggie, piggie! Momma got me a new gun
there’s a pig on my driveway
wears a cherubic smile -
the same one that’s on TV
but they say TV adds ten pounds
last winter my doctor told me
about a vaccination but i passed -
i’m allergic to ducks or chickens or something
in the fowl family and that causes problems,
or so he said -
i’ve never had a flu shot,
never had the flu,
never been to Barcelona,
but i want to go someday
media’s screaming about the pig
- state of emergency
- state of crisis
- state of chaos
really?
i thought people died from the flu
every year -
isn’t flu pandemic already?
what am i missing?
an old woman feinted when a Mexican girl coughed
this whole thing sounds like a diversion, you know?
take our eyes away from other issues
little issues, you know?
the credit crunch, joblessness, foreclosure,
a drought in California, A-Rod on steroids -
the important things -
that pig looks like he’s laughing -
maybe he’s a she, i’m not close enough for speculation -
i have my mask on and doors locked -
my shotgun is loaded so don’t knock unless
you know the code -
did anyone else notice the bees are missing?
maybe there’s a bee flu we don’t know about yet
and the trannie whores on Sunset -
where’d they go?
you know, and i’m just guessing,
a trannie flu might
be the pandemic that really shuts us down -
jck hnry, writer/poet/bounty hunter, lives in Southeastern California at the footstep of the Mojave Desert. Formerly a supporter of higher education for Creative Writers, jck now believes that the best education is stolen from the lives of others. he’s been published here and there, and has a webpage at: http://www.jackhenry.wordpress.com.
“Jck now believes that the best education is stolen from the lives of others” Yes! Great poem too. Humor! So rare in poetry these days.
Hi, Ugh, I liked! So clear and positively.
Thank you
Jack Henry is amazing, nothing gets better than some jck!