Tin Pigs, IV
Shya Scanlon

Her tin pigs coo and crow as mother window-sits and scalds a fingertip and frowns, kitchen faucet cocked. She looks at them, herself a bitter mother bird. They yard for days, and yawn, or seem to.
"Mom," they call. "Mom."
"Mom," she says, behind the glass.

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