Moo-Hoo

From Farmer Burgess I acquired

A fear unnaturally inspired,

Of eggplant-colored legs and ears

And grape-juice tinted moping tears;

I’ve long since feared becoming plum,

A hue to make a heifer glum,

And so have kept a watchful eye

Lest it occur; suddenly, I–

I saw a purple cow, I think,

Hoped not to be one; in a wink,

I was the most extraordinary

Bovine in the Violet Dairy!

But weep no wine-inflected drops

When you hear cloven clip’ty-clops

As I approach, for I inspired

A soda jerk ere I retired,

And am remembered better now

Than when I was a Normal cow.