how to milk a cow

give over eight eyelashes.
forget the moon. fight a bull
in the dark of a bloodied photo booth. 
drink with you hands 
from a river of fleas.
kneel in the field of syringes
& pray for abalone. a pocket bible
can be held directly to
the cow's head. you can tell
the cow they are saved which is
to some, a speech act. a transformation.
unlike humans though
the cows do not believe 
in speech acts. they believe only in
what can be felt. their alchemy
is one of fire into gold.
they meet when the sun is dead.
circling up, they open their mouths
to release silk into the night sky.
stars winking as if to say,
"we all have a secret." the milk 
will taste like turnips & forest.
it will make you stronger. no one
will be able to take away your heart.
that little closet of orphaned gloves.
the cow will spit out
a spare pair of eyes. use them wisely
on a day where everything seems
to be made of funeral. you will
open your eyes & see butter.