The Illustrated Tigress of Raynes Park    

 

                   

 

~ A Calf   ~

 

I raised you from a young calf,

Black and white and covered in dirt,

Tagged lucky thirteen, had a strange gait,

Of all three score, always first to appear,

Chewing suits and being cute was your scale,

Drinking milk and giving gentle rough licks,

Inquisitive, mischievous and always one to joke,

I can remember now you had a shabby coat,

Diamond eyes and radar ears,

Sensing that it’s play time,

And when it was time to for me to say goodbye,

Still with that strange gait, I spied you grazing far,

When it was time for you to market leave,

I mourned and ate no beef; in case it was you.