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Is She a Dairy Cow

You ask her she said, giving me a bit of a poke. I don’t even know her name I said to this brazen folk. She might not even know the stranger said to me. She is not red Angus, I said, I think she might be dairy. The cow was lounging on a bench painted Iowa barn red. She gave me a look that I could not decipher in my head. A huge yawn came out of her mouth, and she flicked away a bee. You are right, she said, I am bovine, a cow, female and truly dairy.

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Date: 4/25/2023 8:08:00 PM
Ha, ha! Bovine version of Mr. Ed! lol. btw: 'Iowa barn red' was my dad's favorite color. I remember him screaming at my professed distaste for Picasso's cubism. He would say: "Here, look at this! A painting of a red barn. Leaves nothing to the imagination! This passes for art in Warsaw, IN!' ... I really knew how to push Dad's buttons, I guess... Senior year in college I wrote a book, believe it or not -- I'm talking to myself -- on 'Gertrude Stein's Writing is Picasso's Cubism in Print.' gw
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/26/2023 12:23:00 AM
I love cubism! I have done paintings using it, and it was incredibly fun to do! I may go back to that.
Date: 4/22/2023 3:26:00 PM
A nice storytelling in a poem... =)
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/23/2023 5:17:00 PM
Thank you most kindly

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