Some cows are born brown
Some are black and white
So they can be seen
Crosing roads at night
In India they're protected
Unlike beef-eaters
When suspected
Or detected
Dead cows will give
A strong cow hide
Alive, they take toddlers
For a bouncy ride
Cows don't listen when you say
Turn round, this is a motorway
Worse still, you've facing the wrong way
You might not reach the end of day
Cows seem contented
They don't stress or think
Like some humans they live
To eat and drink
They spend all day long
Eating green grass
Ignoring the lorries
Hurtling past
I look with pity at a cow
Which spends all day eating and drinking
It has not time for fun and games
No leisure time for serious thinking
If AI, fed electric drink
Was asked to resarch and reveal
What a deaf and dumb cow can think
With nothing vital dipmatically concealed
Ask, 'Are you happy with your life now?
Would you rather be a man or a cow?'
It's my belief a cow would say
I'm perfectly content this way
Zebras look like they're in two minds
Like flattened out Venetian blinds
Horses, beaten, then bribed with sugar lumps
Camels look like they've got the hump
Dinosaurs are easy to draw
But, thank bull, they are no more
Cats and dogs will wander far
But come off worst when fighting a car
Human beings are frowning and stressed
I would not swap my life for thinking
I need not waste time getting dressed
My ideal life's just eating and drinking!
I never need to travel far
I don't need car, money nor caviar
As for your questionnaire, I'll pass
I'm too busy eating gorgeous, green grass.
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copyright Angela Lansbury Thursday August 31st 2023
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