Dairy Rhythms 1, The Barn

The barn is on slow-cow time;
the loudest the scra-a-ape of the
manure shovel as it follows the manure
trolley which makes its trip around the barn
ceiling; the fastest the brush-ush-ush
of the clean up broom in water filled
gutter with the lip of water flowing ahead
in leisurely flood crest; and the barn when,
cow-filled, the crunch-unch-unch as bovines
munch their dinner of hay, oats and corn.

2024 Jacqueline Jackson

This article appears in Winter Guide 2024.