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Cow

I turned over, snorted, the window
snorted back. Through half an eye,

I saw your muzzle-marks damp
on the double glazing, the tips

of your horns puppeteering
just above the sill; your heavy

dungy breath flapped my ears.
I stretched an absent hand,

patted your planet-solid skull, peered 
inside the room, saw myself in bed.

First Published in Poetry News, Summer 2023