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if i was a cow
by Steve Patterson → (All Poetry by Steve Patterson)
  
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if i was
a cow
to the hindu's
i'd be voodoo
to stew

if i was
a pig
you know
pork
the hebrew
wouldn't
stick me
with a fork

& if i was
a buddist
guess i could be
a nudust
naked as a jaybird
takin' at my worst

if i was a moslem
mohammed would be
my jobbin'
couldn't eat
couldn't drink
couldn't slink around
in my undwerwaer
but i guess i wouldn't care
long as mohammed was there

& if & but
as a christian i must
have a mission
a commission if you will
that is
ta' kill
more cows
eat more sows
keep my clothes on
in the here & now
never drink
never think
never slink
around
never make a sound
that & the only mosaleum
i'll ever be seein'
is when they bury me

well i'd rather be
dropped
in the deep blue sea

so i guess
i ain't none a' the above

guess i'm me
& i figger GOD is LOVE
so who am i to figger
which which is right
long as i ain't wrong
about day & night

long as i don't lose sight
about who's right & right












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 Reviews of "if i was a cow"
Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on April 17, 2003
outstanding!

Reviewed by Sara Coslett
Reviewed on April 12, 2003
How refreshing. Nice to see someone express their beliefs without spitting in other peoples soup.

Reviewed on April 12, 2003
i agree! good one, steve! enjoyed this so much! love, your friend in texas, karen lynn. (((HUGS))) :)

Reviewed by Sharon Williamson (Reader)
Reviewed on April 12, 2003
good one.
Sharon;)


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