inbred bull
I.
at the sale
the family bought an inbred bull
if that tells you anything
about how the farm is doing
they brought it home
in a tin can
connected to pa's truck
the bull memorized his license plate along the way
II.
i sit at my desk most days
listening to richard marx
watching that derivative bull
watching its grotesque musculature
swimming beneath
brown
and black
like a collection of children
kidnapped
and shuffling about a duffle bag
not caring to mingle with the colts
or bloated heifers
III.
the morning inchoate
is the part of the day i prefer
so i was awake to witness it
the existentialists
were sitting in rows
in the corn field
perpendicular to the crop lines
smoking cigarettes
beneath the dawn fog
when he came galloping along
with clumsy strength (the worst kind)
and crashed through the line
like bowling pins
bowling pins
black sweatered
reading glassed
it felt like some kind of victory to me
but id be ashamed to admit it in the presence
of anyone
but myself
at the sale
the family bought an inbred bull
if that tells you anything
about how the farm is doing
they brought it home
in a tin can
connected to pa's truck
the bull memorized his license plate along the way
II.
i sit at my desk most days
listening to richard marx
watching that derivative bull
watching its grotesque musculature
swimming beneath
brown
and black
like a collection of children
kidnapped
and shuffling about a duffle bag
not caring to mingle with the colts
or bloated heifers
III.
the morning inchoate
is the part of the day i prefer
so i was awake to witness it
the existentialists
were sitting in rows
in the corn field
perpendicular to the crop lines
smoking cigarettes
beneath the dawn fog
when he came galloping along
with clumsy strength (the worst kind)
and crashed through the line
like bowling pins
bowling pins
black sweatered
reading glassed
it felt like some kind of victory to me
but id be ashamed to admit it in the presence
of anyone
but myself
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