Jenny George
Jenny George (?-present) received her BA in human ecology and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is the author of The Dream of Reason and currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she is the program coordinator for Hidden Leaf Foundation, a Buddhist-based social justice organization. Source
The Sleeping Pig
It is easy to love a pig in a nightgown.
See how he sleeps, white flannel
straining his neck at the neckhole.
His body swells and then deflates.
The gown is nothing to be ashamed of, only
the white clay of moonlight smeared
over his hulk, original clothing, the milk
of his loneliness. The flickering candle
of a dream moves his warty eyelids.
All sleeping things are children
Published:
2018
Length:
Shorty
Literary Movements:
Contemporary
Anthology Years:
2020
Themes:
Childhood & Coming of Age
Nature
Literary Devices:
Enjambment
a line break interrupting the middle of a phrase which continues on to the next line
Sensory Detail
words used to invoke the five senses (vision, hearing, taste, touch, smell)