They like moo-vies.
Mostly fairy tales & documentaries
of faraway lands. Herzog
lulls them to sleep as do their
electric blankets the farmer bought them
when they unionized. For two weeks
they refused, only allowing their calves
to suckle. After blocking the barn gate with
the help of two horses and the strongest
duck, they watched a film on Siberia. Moo-ved
by the calm of the snow. How harsh the
blood melts against it. And all of them
mothers. All of them knowing what
sacrifice means. They'd like some mirrors to
watch themselves, to look into their own
eyes and ask, “Is this your life?”
What the Cows Watch by Karla Myn Khine| Pink Peony Poetry Reed Diffuser
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Karla Myn Khine is a poet from South Texas, currently residing in Oakland, California. She graduated from San Francisco State University’s MFA program in creative writing, where she was a recipient of a University & College Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, the Daniel Langton Poetry Prize, and a Marcus Graduate Scholar. Her work appears in Driftwood Press, The Pinch, poets.org, Sho Poetry Journal, Radar, and ANMLY.
