Leave Them Be

Wanting the cows to graze the laneway takes 

patience, they are pragmatist as any who see 

grass as their realistic reward, but open gates

don’t necessarily mean congenial opportunity; 

making the obvious change with good intent’s 

not the same to them as seeing an agreeable 

pasture just beyond the fence, and even then 

someone casually needs to lead the way 

So we wait patiently; one, then two make the 

connection between laneway & good grazing - 

but the rest stay where they’re accustomed & 

chew cud with bovine placidity; it may well be 

another day or two before the grazing routine 

grows into the laneway & beyond we think; &

Maybe we’ll need inform the dogs to be a lot 

more tolerant - like, just leave them be

© 23 April 2015, I. D. Carswell