Cow

Cow-fishing

By William Fairbrother

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The cow-fisher
makes his lures
from wet balled-up hay
and taunting tufts
of dangling fresh grass -
Quite beautiful, really -
it is an art
to approximate cud.

The sport itself
can be harrowing -
Strapped in the harness
leaning out the propped-open door
of the helicopter
swinging the line -
Disaster if
he hits a snag.

But making a strike -
setting the wench -
reeling one in -
Well, that's the challenge -
She knows she's been tricked -
grunts kicks groans twists
as she's lifted skyward.

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William Fairbrother: born La Jolla, CA April 10, 1956, 10:10pm. Winner of Bravura Award for poetry. Lives in Denmark with his wife, the Danish sculptor Bernice Tilly Fairbrother, and their two children. Poems, stories and plays appearing in numerous literary journals. His collection of literary objects, "I Cry Gray Mountains on the Moon" is available in paperback from Amazon. His futuristic detective novel written in Danglish (English-Danish patois), "Dick Calm::::Virtual Detective" and "(W)hole [stories, objects, poems]" are available from NoSpine.com. His philosophical thriller "Wanderings" and his 9000 line narrative poem "Marika's Cooking" are available as web-books from VirtualItch. He is currently foreman of the Danish ebook society VirtuelTrang.

Personal website: http://www.geocities.com/worldezine