ZOFIA PROVIZER

day of the fever

it’s a fever day, there’s a pig named Emma
there’s a pig named Emma with a fever
with a fever, 17 babies
17 babies at once and a coyote on the loose
a coyote on the loose who must feast on the dogs and kill the pig named Emma
kill the pig named Emma without losing his grip and catching her fever
her fever leaves her alone in the big balmy barn
in the big balmy barn the pig named Emma is meant by God
to live
in the big balmy barn the pig named Emma is a star in the big dipper
a star in the big dipper small enough to hide from a coyote
a coyote who lives on the loose and must feast on the dogs and kill the pig named Emma
the pig named Emma is small, is only 330 pounds hurling through the sky
hurling through the sky with hands on her temples and they’re human
they’re human on her temples hurling through the sky
moving in slow circles we learn that
we learn that to keep
to keep that to learn

Zofia Provizer is a queer and transexual writer residing in Boston, MA. Their work appears in Stone of Maddness Press, Peach Mag, A Velvet Giant, elsewhere. They have a forthcoming publication in Gnashing Teeth Press’ 2025 anthology, “__figuration: an anthology of trans writers”. Their chapbook, “Lose Sight of Heaven” was published with Nixes Mate Review in 2019. They are a collaborator with T4T Reading Series and [Working Title] Worldwide Reading Series. Zofia writes from the gut, yearns for a good swim, and basks in desire.