Children Diptych

[disturbed_kiwi]

Orphan Adoption In the center of the field
a wobbly shadow nudges
a cow with an over-swollen belly
that her legs jut over.

The calf's mouth opens,
her head tilts back,
but I can't hear her lowing
through the glass.

And I keep driving.
I keep driving. The calves were taken away today.
Rounded up and loaded onto the trailer,
into their wire cage.

Now their mothers moan,
call,
wail;
And I cannot sleep