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I always read

that cows were reckless

& pretty oblivious.

I heard tales 

of bovine suicide—

cows that would 

just walk right off of a cliff

It always struck me

as rural legend

until a trip to the D.R.

Riding through small towns

with a couple friends;

we found ourselves mired

in an epic traffic jam

We were sitting still

next to a small pasture.

with cows grazing.

As we sit there 

fuming over the traffic,

we see a cow

walk right off the cliff.

“Did that just happen?”

We’re looking at each other

in stunned silence.

I guess it either ruined
someone’s car

or made someone’s holiday

a bit more festive.

It was a lesson 

for my naïve big city slicker mind.

Cows really do kill themselves

or at least display

no more common sense

than the average citizen.