Monday, July 26, 2010

Purple Ham; Leopard-Spotted Shank (Part VI)




Deep in the Michigan jungle lives a creature with an alien-looking purple leg that keeps growing new splotchy spots almost by the hour.  She’s a bit snarly around the edges today, perhaps because the leg stings with hot prickles and its muscles are confused by involuntary twitches - little “pings” or spasms of protest.

Not only is the purple ham changing, but also the leopard-spotted shank below the knee is dabbled with artistic blobs as if some Michalengelo-type lost in creative rapture either could or would not control his brush.  “Magnifico!” 

Magnificent?  I don’t think so.  Maybe gross or ugly or berry-stained.   But definitely not magnificent.  Feel free to come up with your own descriptive word.  I’ll be waiting.



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