Photo from Black & WTF Photos:
How to trap a porcelain pig
Start with an umbrella,
open it inside.
When piggy banks still looked like pigs
(not the rounded, perked-ear, pastel
ones we have today), you almost couldn’t tell
what was porcelain, what apricot flesh.
Spread three letters beneath the umbrella.
They must be red stamp sealed, or the pig
will not give.
If a younger sibling marries before
the older, the older must dance
in a trough for luck. Some keep the pig
trough stockings. Some never get past
the omen.
Put on your best Sunday hat. Remember, lean
pigs come quick for smiles and stockinged
legs. Hold fast to two of the umbrella’s ribs,
pull out, then up. The pig is there, moving
with your breath. Exhale, and the umbrella’s
folds bury him. But on the inhale, he is yours.
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