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Published: 2005-10-18 21:45:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 87; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 4
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Description I’m walking along the road
I pass plants, trees and pastures
All of a sudden the wall of vegetation breaks
There is a hole to look into.

In the distance a solid fortified mountain.  Beautiful.
My eyes follow the lines of trees dividing different pastures and territories.  

And I come to focus on what’s in front.
  
A herd of cows, all different colors, sizes,
All chewing NONSTOP.  STOP!
Blank stares from all the heads focus in my direction.
I wait.
They wait.
No movement among the shocked cows.
I analyze them.
Still no movement, not even the chewing of grass left in their mouth.
Think: what are they staring at? What are they thinking?
Maybe they are not.
They all do nothing but chew grass covered by their own shit,
Walk around aimlessly, then eat again.
The whole goddam day!
Fill up their tanks.
Get milked.
Then Sleep.  Then eat again.
Shit a ton.
Moan.
Roam about.
Shit.
Eat.
Milked.
Shit.
Eat.
Grow.
Produce offspring.
Die.

All day, all year, all their fuckin’ short pointless life.  
“Oh my GOD, farm animals are so fucking dumb.”
I stomp my foot, jerking my chest forward at the empty heads.
Tssss-ss-s.
They’re fucking scared as shit.
They turn away and gallop.
Their sacs thump between their legs.
Haha ha. Dumbshits.  
I shake my head with closed rolling eyes,
Swallow, grasp tight and hurl the bottle in their directon.
Fuck.  I missed.
Turn, and continue my way.
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Comments: 7

apocalypsenow6661313 [2005-10-23 03:54:14 +0000 UTC]

A great way to describe cows...There must be a lot of cows where you live(Ireland???)... Although if you're writing about observing cows for a day, the talk about them dying kind of swerves off-topic...Until you said the word die, the poem is completely about what you'd see in a day of observing cows, they eat, sleep, get milked, and wander all in a day....but they dont die in that day unless they're about to...Topics switched for like two lines about the whole life span...And the title doesnt exactly fit the poem...no offense...more like fitting those two lines I talked about earlier... And you asked what category it would belong in...I'd say either nature or satire. It's not especially violent or angsty(or sexual but i really dont want to hear about sex with a cow...lol) so transgressive wouldnt be the best place for it...Thats my say, although I really do like the poem...And sorry if I came off sounding like a bitch on this critique

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lotuskid In reply to apocalypsenow6661313 [2005-11-01 03:23:35 +0000 UTC]

I thought the cows were used as a metaphor for certain folks in our society.... or that the foolish bovine wouldnt be in the fore ground of such a wonderful landscape had it not been for our meddling... i dunno thats how I read it... but who knows what he meant...

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kick2net In reply to apocalypsenow6661313 [2005-10-26 04:27:28 +0000 UTC]

thank you for the thoughtful comment it helps!

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lotuskid [2005-10-21 05:55:07 +0000 UTC]

haha.. the ending definitely would explain it.... i like it alot... speaking of the bottle I hear they started making absinthe again... I need to get me some of that shit...

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kick2net In reply to lotuskid [2005-10-23 03:15:10 +0000 UTC]

THanks for your input, they've always made absinthe

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lotuskid In reply to kick2net [2005-10-24 02:06:24 +0000 UTC]

but it was illegal for a while

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kick2net In reply to lotuskid [2005-11-01 01:41:09 +0000 UTC]

oh really, hmm

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