Alan Reynolds

the pig who thinks in english

  • The pig who thinks in English takes his ease
  • and taps his trotters daintily on tiles
  • that echo pleasantly while sun and breeze
  • bring pleasure to him, teasing out those smiles
  • he's famous for among his litter mates.
  • "What man is good for? There are many things.
  • They bring us dinner morning, noon, and night.
  • They track our pedigrees, record our weights
  • and wear, as we do, ear and nasal rings.
  • When alone, some like to warm our nights.
  • What's best? This fact, I think: it's really neat
  • how, if you close your eyes, they're good to eat."
© Alan Reynolds
Used with permission.
First printed in Möbius, other poems by Alan Reynolds at: alanreynolds.nl/.