Domesticated Poetry

[Leanne]

The cattle, spurning ploughs, who take the pen
are frantic in their following of bliss
with tools in hand, they seek the petty men

and women, who have such a nasty yen
for spelling things correctly and dismiss
the cattle, spurning ploughs, who take the pen.

They venture forth, spewed out of darkened den
and fortified by mummy's special kiss
with tools in hand, they seek the petty men

who might have mentioned cliché once, and then
said “hackneyed” or “pathetic”; hear them hiss,
the cattle, spurning ploughs, who take the pen.

Their talents are beyond a critic's ken;
how dare he, smelling crap, then take the piss?
The cattle, spurning ploughs, who take the pen
they pet the tools in hand while seeking men.