jeez I thought here’s <br />this lady I have the greatest <br />respect for and she <br />comes out with this holy crap <br />and holy shit stuff <br /> <br />so yesterday I was <br />walking through the <br />winter-wet tufted grass <br />of the field they keep <br />the cows in this year <br />avoiding the cowpatties <br />the outside tap for <br />gumboots is frozen <br /> <br />and stopped and looked at one <br />fresh and steaming <br />the way you do <br />and the cow down the field <br />looked at me with that <br />not very enquiring look <br />they have but today <br />it came across as So? <br /> <br />and I remembered <br />the milk that morning which <br />had that layer of extra <br />spring cream <br />and the roast beef <br />smell when the kitchen <br />door’s open on a <br />spring day and it all <br />linked up later <br /> <br />as I got home and sat <br />contemplating <br />the bathroom fittings <br />as one does and <br />thought <br /> <br />holy shit yeah <br />the lady’s right <br /> <br /> <br />(for Mary and PoHo)<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0328-holy-shit/
