Collective nounGreg Judkins3 days ago1 min readA commune of cowsdistinguished by blotches of black and brownover a wide eye, a warm rump all eat the same grassare constrained by the same wire fenceshare the same old bull.
What to sayWhen they ask why you don’t eat meat tell a conspiracy tale about little boy cows being snatched from their mothers so we can enjoy veal with our milk. Describe the smell of the rain-wet wool on you
Respite care rubs both waysAfter making her coffee and lunch in the hospice kitchen, I find respite in my book of poems which can hold a hand, an eye, an ear, but...
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