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On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs
Academy of American Poets ^ | Renée Nicole "Good" Macklin

Posted on 01/07/2026 9:11:27 PM PST by BusterDog

Probably not her last poem, may God bless her soul, but maybe her best:

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On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

i want back my rocking chairs,

solipsist sunsets,

& coastal jungle sounds that are tercets from cicadas and pentameter from the hairy legs of

cockroaches.

i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores

(mashed them in plastic trash bags with an acidic himalayan salt lamp—

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cont'd at da link up der.

(Excerpt) Read more at poets.org ...


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I'm speechless. It's a dense work, prepare to parse and sift. Get out your dictionary, too.
1 posted on 01/07/2026 9:11:27 PM PST by BusterDog
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To: BusterDog

I read that passage, and I have a sudden urge to take a very hot, very soapy shower asap, so as to rinse away the greasy layers of spiritual filth now accumulated on my body.
She tends to wallow in vulgarities.


2 posted on 01/07/2026 9:17:08 PM PST by lee martell
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To: BusterDog

Add bongos and patchouli smoke.


3 posted on 01/07/2026 9:17:40 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: BusterDog

I won’t risk damaging my brain cells by reading the insane ramblings of a butch domestic terrorist.


4 posted on 01/07/2026 9:19:33 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

An EX terrorist.

CC


5 posted on 01/07/2026 9:23:07 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: BusterDog

How many of my tax $$ were “granted” to support this drivel?


6 posted on 01/07/2026 9:24:37 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Neither will I.


7 posted on 01/07/2026 9:38:00 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: ConservaTexan

Whatever the number, too many.


8 posted on 01/07/2026 9:38:17 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: BusterDog

Deep,man...deep.


9 posted on 01/07/2026 9:58:22 PM PST by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: BusterDog
My conclusion? Renee got better than she deserved.

One thing you can count on with leftists is that they are completely
psychotically consumed with themselves, Obsessive introspection, navel
gazing, mantras, dream catchers, patchouli smoke, you name it.

10 posted on 01/07/2026 10:14:22 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: bigbob
"If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a man behind your horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back and the guy was reading a magazine." — Jack Handey.

11 posted on 01/07/2026 10:18:43 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: bigbob

Yes. Far out, and solid.


12 posted on 01/08/2026 12:48:19 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: BusterDog

Self important , horrible poet. Tragically got shot and killed trying to obstruct lawmen with guns. Her decisions clearly as bad as her “poetic” rambling.
Karma is a bitch, ain’t it. FAFO exposes the abject stupidity that hangs out in people.
Chicks can’t always be Cagney&Lacey or Joan of Arc.


13 posted on 01/08/2026 12:55:33 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: BusterDog
Get out your dictionary

Usually a sign of poor writing.

14 posted on 01/08/2026 1:59:48 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: lee martell

She will wallow no more.
The gas pedal hit the floor.
Her lesbian wife cried “its my fault”.
As life left her like cash from a vault.
Let this be a lesson to all Karens.
When ice comes around, don’t be despairing.
Stay inside and you will be safe.
Keep your brain in one place.

That’s a real poem.
I guess Dr Suese could do better.


15 posted on 01/08/2026 4:20:37 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships)
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To: GranTorino

That sounds like Tom Waits.


16 posted on 01/08/2026 4:45:21 AM PST by lee martell
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To: BusterDog

What’s the ugliest part of your body?
What’s the ugliest part of your body?
Some say your nose, some say your toes
I think it’s your mind (Your mind)
I think it’s your mind, woo woo

Frank Zappa


17 posted on 01/08/2026 4:54:02 AM PST by Varda
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To: Varda

She got the Karen award.


18 posted on 01/08/2026 5:13:01 AM PST by sgt_lau (Islamophobic? No. I reject a 7th century death-cult that demands non-believers like me, dead.)
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To: BusterDog

Dead Poet’s Society


19 posted on 01/08/2026 5:14:28 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: BusterDog

I’ll stick with Kipling.

(He: Do you like Kipling?
She: I don’t know. I’ve never kipled.)


20 posted on 01/08/2026 5:22:09 AM PST by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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