{"id":5080,"date":"2004-10-21T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2004-10-21T18:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/10\/21\/cow-talk\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:19","slug":"cow-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/21\/cow-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Cow Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They smell bad and give me indigestion (no, not my errant allies — see one-breath punditry<\/EM> below).  Yet,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I always smile and think deep thoughts when Canadian haijin  DeVar Dahl<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A> <\/FONT>writes about them:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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                                                                                                 . . . \"cow . . .  \"cow<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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it’s not swearing<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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it’s the only language<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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those cows understand<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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my best moo<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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all the cows<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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stop and look<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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harvest moon<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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somebody’s cow moos<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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and moos and moos<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"egg  <\/FONT>from the (wonderful) anthology<\/FONT> A Piece of Egg Shell<\/STRONG>                                             <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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(Magpie Haiku Poets, 2004, to order email  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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cover art by Ken Richardson<\/FONT>  <\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM>  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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