COWABUNGA: The Consumerisation of Consciousness

	Each day herds ahh consumer-cows
	graze safely 'n supermarket pastures
	moovin' from shelf ta shelf
	chewin' peppermint curd
	pausin' by cottage cheese, popcurn, 'n linguini.

	Returnin' ta dere barns
	'n plopping down dere grossary bags
	in udder exhaustion
	dey haf such liddle time ta warm dere sirloins
	befure calves seek dere teats.

	Being a cow ain't easy:
	chewin' on cud cunstintly
	surrounded by shit all dah time
	'n whun gadflies appear
	every tail swish seemz futile.

	How'd ya like ta stund
	in frunt ah ruttin hay all winter
	chewin' dah same stuff uffer 'an uffer
	den
	fer all yer hard work
	becum hamburger meat?

	So ya dink being a cow 's hot shit?


Wan-Sze: In so many ways, consumers are like cows: a herd mentality prevails.

Kasim:   Yeah, and herds are not hard to manipulate.

Nadia:   If cows knew they were actually heading, would they act differently?

Kasim:   (jesting & feigning offense) Isn't that a bovine question?


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from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields
Summary: A graphic poem and dialog about bovine existence and consumerism.
Keywords: consumerism, bovine existence, udder despair, cows

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 1988 in Nagoya, Japan ☆ Finished: 2016 in New Taipei, Taiwan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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