HEAD OF CATTLE
				    
	Head of Cattle

		"American diplomats have been given 14 cows
		by Kenyan Masai tribespeople in a gesture of
		sympathy following the 11 September attacks."
			--BBC News

Black jacket, dark glasses, probably a gun,
an American diplomat
has probably seen cows, sure,

securely wrangled by bread and condiments.
Even our Texas president,
though he can put on the hat and the boots, wouldn't know 

what to make of a dogie or a beav
who decides the grass to the right
looks better than the left

and wanders.
They might break them
open, look for switches,

send memos, 
give orders, wait
for the tanks and helicopters

while the Masai cover their mouths,
hold a stick in their other hand
and wonder

if they should've just given us
trinkets and beads.