The guilded Cow
by Leena Lübbe
11 July 2024
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I am guilty of milking the cow.
A sticky liquid from a bodily function,
Glandulae.
Meant for just one specific purpose. Exclusively,
Glandulae.
Carrying the fresh Green from the fields,
the memory of fresh cutting air,
Glandulae.
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Oh white, fatty juice!
Floating in purity IMpurity in purity IMpurity
Of one function only
A whole life that was lived
Swimming life, to be handed over
To give life.
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Guilty.
Stole the white, fatty juice.
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A thief I am for sure
But also I was in Need
Not in Need but Needy they say as I am grown
But in need of being nurtured Like an Infant.
There's a needy infant I am hosting in my adult body.
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I am grown as they say.
So I say:
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Cheers to the crowd,
Let's eat the whole cow!

Leena Lübbe is an artist based in Hamburg, Germany. She is a graduate of the Fine Arts program at HFBK Hamburg (DE) and the University of Applied Arts Vienna and University of Vienna (AT).