lesson learned.

If a pig walks out on you— 

a literal teat intact, pink-necked pig— 

don't abuse yourself by asking, 

What went wrong? You can't expect 

a pig to care. What sparks 

that insistent desire to have 

a one-to-one relationship— 

be it bovine or ursine or swine? 

I got too close. The rumor mill 

spread the story that I caught a pig 

and did the unthinkable. Lesson learned. 

In the twenty-first century, far away 

from Broadway, people still clap 

for more. They want each 

questionable curtain to be raised. 

Demand. Demand. Demand. If it's 

meant to happen, if love is your 

disease, go follow the hoof-pocked road. 

[Kristen Tracy 'Urge', from Half-Hazard]