The National Health Cow

I strolled into a farmyard
When no-one was about
Treading past the troubles
I raised my head to shout.

"Come out the Cow with glasses,"
I called and rolled my eye.
It ambled up toward me,
I milked it with a sigh.

"You're just in time" the cow said,
Its eyes were all aglaze,
"I'm feeling like an elephant,
I aren't been milked for days."

"Why is this?" I asked it,
tugging at its throttles.
"I don't know why, perhaps it's 'cause
MY milk comes out in bottles."

"That's handy for the government,"
I thought, and in a tick
the cow fell dead all sudden
(I'd smashed it with a brick).


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