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HATHOR

 

The gastric cavities of sacred cows

contain a mash from half-digested fields,

mixed buttercups and groundsel, pithy seeds

from strained taxonomies; and these,

like flashback tragedies or calf’s at-ease

regurgitate in moments of small peace

for the molars to reorder and refine.

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(For full text see the Kindle ebook The Nature of Things (Collected Poems) by Alan Marshfield)

   

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