How Cows Die
Cows die in strange ways
And in numbers you wouldn't believe
Freak accidents involving trains
And diseases would make you heave
All this stuff must be written down
To keep the records straight
There's people have to read these tales
Of bovine ladies' fates
Potatoes can be lethal when lodged in Daisy's throat
Running too fast down a hill, can drown you in a moat
Sometimes a cow can fester for weeks
And trust me dead old cow can really reek.
At times a cow can be a danger
To the man who runs the farm
And so that cow is put to sleep
To save farmers from harm.
Cows can have a hard life
To hang themselves they have been known,
Not sure how they do it
Do they tie the noose on their own?
Its the numbers that astound me
Thousands peg it each day
Why I never see dead beasts around me
When I'm out on a walk in May?
The one case in particular worried me
The record said something odd
The cow had been "Killed by ET"
This was no act of God.
© Joanne Oliver
