Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Bullish minds ?



Blogger friend Magiceye posted this profile of a Bull, encountered on a recent trip through the western states on Gujarat and Rajasthan.

I have always been fascinated by the expressions on the faces of bulls and cows. Greatly revered (along with cows) as a sacred and toiling animal, I often wonder what must be going through its mind, as it encounters us, the careless bipeds....


A regal profile,
a multipurpose
quadruped,
outrageously
"milked"
for everything it has,
by a breed,
that has so much,
that
it overflows as trash;

Places to live,
places to learn (nothing),
places to walk,
and yet,
as he
the Bull,
steps through a life,
eyes down,
horns rising
in supplication
to the one above,
perhaps a crow
enjoying a ride on the hump,
and yet,
the mouth is muzzled.

Snorting,
spitting out some froth,
he shakes
his muzzled head,
and then
wonders,
why they call it a democracy....

3 comments:

  1. Indeed! Superbly expressed Suranga!

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  2. The perfect words! No one says it better, Suranga! I loved magiceyes photo, too!!
    Sylvia

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