Camille Félix Bellanger, French
“I’m in the Market For a Good Bovine Law Attorney, If You Know of Any. They Got Me Last Night For Drinking and Cattle Driving,” 1899
Oil on canvas
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/// By the Wayside they’re Chatting midday.
He’s at work; she seems eager to play.
In that wheelbarrow resting…
is she subtly suggesting
that she’s up for a roll in the hay?
/// The teen farmhand she seeks to cajole
knows he can’t, on the job, lose control.
If a cow comes to harm
he’ll be banned from the farm,
so he may use his seven-foot pole.
/// This young temptress is fifteen, at most,
but has conquests about whom she’ll boast.
As a true farmer’s daughter,
countless rude jokes have taught her
that on good looks alone she can coast.
/// She preached “Never strike cows with a whip.
If you’re angry at them, get a grip!
Tipping cows is abuse,
so it’s no good excuse
to proclaim, ‘It was only the tip.’”