year of the earth pig
do not dare pick up the sword
and take exception to the earth pig
having last been seen
extending generosity
some three score years ago
as a citizen of america
[make that a descendant
of many an immigrant]
I’ve been molded to admire
the likes of porky and wilbur
piglet and petunia
come february four
let us indeed move forward
with the earth pig
relieving stress
through movement and meditation
picking up the pen
not only to communicate
but to draw blossoming flowers
[popular among friends]
and offering them when fully bloomed
to perfect strangers
january two thousand nineteen
copyright j matthew waters
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