{"id":135340,"date":"2023-09-02T18:39:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=135340"},"modified":"2023-09-02T18:41:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:41:07","slug":"hour-10-they-sent-me-to-fetch-the-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-10-they-sent-me-to-fetch-the-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 10 – They Sent Me to Fetch the Cow"},"content":{"rendered":"

They Sent Me To Fetch The Cow<\/p>\n

Come, Cow<\/p>\n

Come Bossy, come Bessy, come Cow
\nCome on, now. <\/p>\n

Come Cow. My dinner is waiting and I am hungry.
\nCome now so I can go and eat.<\/p>\n

Come Bossy, come.
\nThe sun is sinking fast over the mountain.
\nMy dinner is waiting and so is yours.
\nCome. <\/p>\n

Come Bessy, come with me, home to your stable.
\nFresh hay for your bed, fresh water to drink.
\nSafe and warm.
\nCome cow.<\/p>\n

I will give you a turnip.<\/p>\n

Come Cow. The sun is sliding quickly away.
\nYou will stumble in the dark and break your leg.
\nThen what will they say to me? <\/p>\n

Come Bessy, Come Bossy, Come
\nThink of your stable, cozy and warm.
\nThink of the hay there.
\nThink of my sweet bed with the snow-white sheets.
\nMother has embroidered flowers on my pillow covering.
\nI love the sinking softness of my bed.
\nI wish for it so.
\nCome!<\/p>\n

COME! <\/p>\n

You do not want to be out here when the sun has slid away.
\nThe night creatures will come.
\nWolves. Bears. Maybe monsters.
\nPerhaps there are monster that like to eat brown cows such as yourself.
\nOr small children such as me.
\nOh, I do not know the way in the dark!
\nHow will I find my way if you do not come?
\nCOME THIS INSTANT!<\/p>\n

Bossy, please? Please come.<\/p>\n

I swear I will give you a turnip, but only if you come right now.<\/p>\n

Fine. <\/p>\n

Fine, I say. <\/p>\n

FINE! <\/p>\n

I am leaving without you!
\nWho cares what they will say.
\nWho cares how they will punish me.
\nI hate cows, anyway. <\/p>\n

Good luck with whatever comes to eat you, stupid cow.<\/p>\n

Goodbye forever.<\/p>\n

*cowbell*<\/p>\n

Oh, so you decided to come after all? Fine.<\/p>\n

Good cow.
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