Poetry

Thomas Hawk photo

By

Jon Vreeland

Glory of the Pigs

we

the people deal with:

dismantled

bodies

voltage

in the chairs

roaches

in the stove

and

overpriced fuel.

we

deal with midnight

repossessions

and

overpriced

death

nasty

strings of divorce

mornings

overhung

and

sad and terrible

kicks.

this

leads to:

needless

arrests (from

far

too many drugs)

like

the

murder

of a saint

and

the slaughter of

the

dog.

we

deal with:

cruel

and racist cops

blind

and unfair judges

unresolved

rapes

homophobic

chiefs,

(and

a tired GOP).

but

the sky still remains

a

junkie shade of blue, so

people

will rejoice in

the

glory of the pigs.

Jon Vreeland

Jon Vreeland is a writer of prose, poetry, plays, essays and journalistic articles. His memoir “The Taste of Cigarettes: the memoir of a heroin addict” will publish May 22, 2018 on Vine Leaves Press, Australia. Vreeland lives in Santa Barbara and is married to artist Alycia Vreeland. He has two daughters, Mayzee and Scarlett. Vreeland has not touched heroin in almost 4 years. You can read more of Vreeland’s work on his website.