Don’t Feed The Whistle Pigs

And other Poems by Edna St. Lansten McCartney

 

 

Don’t Feed The Whistle Pigs

 

They may look tame.

Hind legs, jowls

And big brown eyes

Their tiny paws beg

Their black lips curled back

In an innocent smile.

 

They’ll tear your very eyes out

If the peanut doesn’t please them

And

 

They’re not just whistling dixie.

 

 

Anime Shanime

 

In the dark, cold night I flip the channels incessantly.

41,42,43,44,45,46

Forty seven through fifty are blocked out

They’re the bible channels

Or in Spanish.

56

It stops my heart.

 

Their mouths are more than

THREE QUARTERS THE SIZE

Of their head.

 

The backgrounds…racing, racing

Never still, faces shaking

Running, fighting

CATCH THEM ALL

 

Is it Superbook? 

Or Pokemon?

Or Speed Racer?

Or Sailor Moon?

 

It doesn’t matter

It’s Japanamation

And I weep with fear.

 

 

I Don’t Know Davey

 

Davey has a great Dane dog

Who speaks to him

Pearls of wisdom

Words of encouragement

 

Don’t Lie

Be Careful

Don’t Smart Off To Your Mom

 

If I told my parents that my dog

Was teaching me the tenets

Of the Lutheran Faith

 

They’d have me committed

And the dog put to sleep

 

 

 

 

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