Brian Davis

Fear and Desire

  • A pig is poised at the edge of a rushing river
  • on an island in the center is a luscious peach
  • ripened by the pig's desire
  • The pig can think of nothing but the peach
  • if he enters, he may never reach it
  • or, having it, may never reach the shore again
  • entering, he may lose his life
  • not entering, he surrenders his self
  • a fly curls by the pigs ear
  • a pig is poised at the edge of a rushing river.
© Brian Davis
from: Sol Magazine. October, 2000.