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A poem about my cow

bunyipcreek

I had a cow but she died.

Many years ago she was born a calf.

She was raised by her devoted mum

And learned the ways of the paddock.

Then she was weaned,

And at the age of 2 she was put to the bull.

She gave birth to a beautiful little calf,

A boy.

She loved her calf like no other.

She fed it, she licked it,

She showed it the way of the paddock

And when it was 8 months old I sold it

And she was sad.

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

One year she had a heifer calf.

She raised it and I kept it

And she had a daughter in the herd

to teach how to become a mother, a cow.

Every time I passed her in the paddock

I would tell her how beautiful she was

And she would look at me

And chew her cud,

And show me she was content.

By the age of 13 she was old.

She was lucky to get through winter

Though she gave her all to her calf.

She looked so poor I could have shot her

But spring came and grass came

And she picked up.

I put her on the truck the other day.

She went to the sale

and got bought by the processors

Which means the abattoirs.

Which means that by now she is dead.

I’m sorry, cow.

I feel like such a traitor,

Which I am.


 
 
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