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Emma in the Belly of the Beast

Richard King Perkins II

She is ultra-vegan—
eats dandelions and cottonballs
drinks puddle

floats in the breath of clover
and wild mustard
sleeps in poppy blossoms
and grassy seams
dreams in a bed
of artificial feathers.

Independence misfires
and she finds herself
living free on a fur farm
which reeks of stoat fear
and subjective cruelty.

At night, when she takes
her paper and plastics
out to the recycling bin
that doesn’t exist

fireflies and a keychain flashlight
illuminate her curious path
across the yard

as she hears the crunch of hacked-off
mink paws beneath her feet

and the strange chirpings
of the semi-dead
still stirring in a shallow dumpster.

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