A/The cow in the/a traffic

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The time a day, the road is all, a sidelong gaze

Of a strolling cow catches off guard a widowed drop

Curving in rumble-O-traffic, nervy and pining

And rushing to the fallen. Terrific horns and moody moos,

The sun scampers through orange trails, traffic honks

And broody hues invite the moon to a feast of space.

Like two-tummy chews, airs a thought  then licks it back,

In the middle of the road sending split wind sprinting;

The night takes ground, cows unlostily drink from

Water cans, meandering into little corners, the predawn

Billows, sun-up saunters into abrupt shadows and

Turns face, beast gallops in genetic memories

Until it's naked to the bones, naked to the bones in

Casual laps of drifting clouds and strolling unlosty winds. 

~Ajay
10/5/19

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