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| ***BIO*** Jason Fisk lives in the suburbs of Chicago with his wife, daughter, a son on the way, and two dogs. He tries to find time to write between changing diapers and cleaning up dog doo. He is currently teaching English to students who would rather read graphic novels than learn how to write a proper sentence. You can visit his website at www.jasonfisk.com. |
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| The Farm |
| by Jason Fisk |
| A preteen summer
spent on my uncle’s farm Hay bail hallways created to guide the pigs from one barn to the other I waited, leaning over the hay bails watching intently The pigs finally came pissed as hell my uncle chased after them with the handle of a hoe beating them if they stopped. The irate pigs demolished the hail bail hallway. Pushing through it jumping over it Here - he handed me the hoe handle What am I supposed to do with this? Hit ‘em in the fuck’n face like this He hit one squarely in the snout, and it released a sound between a scream and a squeal We gotta get ‘em into the barn. I took the hoe handle and watched as the pig’s snout bled. Don’t worry ‘bout it they don’t have feelings I was a grown man the summer night he called and asked me to hurry over when he answered the door a waft of whisky flooded my nostrils I saw a blood soaked rag in the bottom of the deep sink in the mudroom his speech slurred his voice was in pain as his tongue rolled around in his numb mouth She just got on my nerves said the wrong thing… He guided me to the bathroom where she was crumpled on the floor with bloody bath towels What the fuck did you do? She and I were arguing… I ran to the phone and dialed 911 he tried to push me away I hit him squarely in the nose with the palm of my hand he fell / nose bleeding I looked at his pig face and wondered if he felt that |
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| June 2008 |
| 107 |