This is a poem about animals on the farm
of which I am one
a poem about their actions
swine and lion factions
a fascination with the trough
This is a poem about the moo cow
golden milk and rawhide leather
a poem about the slaughtering fields
twelve score of eggs divide in fractions
a scrap of cake for the holy geese
This is a poem about cheese in the cellar
of rats and wine where weasels roam
a poem about foxes lost in the henhouse
pecking order, clutched pearls, and crown
a blanket from the shearing season
This is a poem about snakes in the cud
the smell of skunk and rabbit blood
a poem about the spit-shined blade
hyenas squeal and curse their fate
a gavel in the eyes of owl