goat poets
Anastasia Bamford
you might think goats
would be fun to own
what no one tells you
is that they can’t
really be owned
you may have a fence
and a very nice barn
but you also have
fruit trees and goats
what they lack in thumbs
is made up for with
prehensile lips and brains
they aren’t in the barn
or anywhere inside the fence
and the gate stands open
they are climbing the old apple
and they have stripped the bark
from the young cherries
the chickens are exploring
new territory and laying
eggs in obscure places
the goats are printing zines
and distributing them
to the neighbor’s sheep
they have mastered
all your locks and
their square eyes
are filled with mirth
