Bestiary for the Breasts of a Starlet

         1

Once,
tucked under an armpit,
it squealed.

A jungle pig
caught,

its one eye
blinking, dumb.

         2

If cut off,
this other—

gorbelly
stuffed to breaking
with fiber and fat—

would be content
to lie there
sipping sugar on a marsh of sinew
while sailors sang its praises.

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