Cow
July 7, 2009
1.
I never saw a Purple Cow.
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I’d rather see than be one!*Ah, yes! I wrote the ‘Purple Cow’ –
I’m sorry, now, I wrote it!
But I can tell you anyhow,
I’ll kill you if you quote it.*
2. Time ticks away like a small cow.
* Gelett Burgess
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