Pig on trial
It's hard to live a making, hard, hard to make a living
even without the exorcist interferes. I've been a fog
harmer, a hog harmer. I have hogged farms all my life
and my father's life before that. I'm so mad I can't talk right
and the priest will probably say I'm witch crafted too.
I've already paid the lawyer more than the pork
is worth. The lawyers available to represent pigs no
longer take pork for the payment. The bailiff can't find
an oink-to-English translator. The trig is riled. The whole
trial is rigged. Priest wants to know did the pig confess?
Is the pig penitent? Penitent is not in a pig
vocabulary. I know it's the church's job to root
out demons. This pig is bad, deserves to die.
But don't hurt my family. My children are good.
The barnyard demon didn't enter the house.
- Paul Jolly
Fernwood Press
Sat 27th Apr 2019 16:03
Thank you!