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Distressed Cow
 
caught out gorging up
so many scrummy
images in a betraying eye 
round and round in a wink 
(if a cow can these days)
to anchor to a theme
so close to the brink of a switchblade
a butcher blood on the floor
that mine eye is dazzled
by my many mirrored selves’
distracting tender portions
to be lining refrigerated shelves
 

Robert Sullivan
©  1998