Freedom Chasers
Central Pennsylvania has the biggest dick.
I saw it on the front lawn at the courthouse
next to a man giving away bibles.
Or was that a piece of corn?
They fry titties here in PA.
The locals say they are delicious.
The batter is a blend of corn flour,
tapioca flour, and fava bean flour.
Thank god these fried titties are gluten free.
The biggest trucks drive by the courthouse
while confederate flags slap mosquitos.
The trucks’ big tires roll over town,
crush bricks and tombstones,
while bags of dicks bounce around the cargo beds.
Or are those yard signs that say,
“Trump Likes Hunt’s Ketchup”
and “Trump, finally someone with balls”?
Every year when it’s corn season
my wife and I run up Route 81,
we chase freedom with a fly swatter
to the New York state line.
Nicole Santalucia She is the author of Because I Did Not Die (Bordighera Press, 2015) and Spoiled Meat (Headmistress Press, 2018). She is a recipient of the Charlotte Mew Chapbook Prize and the Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize. Her non-fiction and poetry have appeared in publications such as The Cincinnati Review, TINGE, Zócalo Public Square, The Seventh Wave, Bayou Magazine, Gertrude, Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment, The Boiler Journal as well as numerous other journals. Santalucia teaches at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania and has taught poetry workshops in the Cumberland County Prison, Shippensburg Public Library, Boys & Girls Club, and nursing homes.
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