Just lumbering across the fields Or nibbling at their grassy yields Or standing calmly in a pasture Fearing no earthly disaster
Maybe it is they who know the truth That man forgot back in his youth That time is one of man's inventions To gauge our deeds and best intentions
Oh to stand beneath a tree And marvel at a bumblebee That pollinate the many flowers That turn to fruit through summer showers
But unlike them I have a past And days that never seem to last And so it is I'm thinking now Of what it is to be a cow
-- Robert Longley