The Ecphorizer
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of lions naturally dominates the village. All the women dye their hair the color of spigots and dot extra nipples on their chests. Men tease their body fluff into long, golden manes and let their nails grow longer than their teeth. This is their crest, held high at the passion play each spring, the king of beasts nailed to a hunter's rack and mourned. The fur-lined mayor exhorts love, leading the tourists round the counting house, coins rolling faster out of their leather purses than tears from their swollen eyes. JAMES DOYLE is a teacher of creative writing and poetry at the University of Northern Colorado. He previously held the unpoetic post of Administrative Assistant to the Governor of Wisconsin. |
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