when I looked at a fleshy cow
grazing in the paddy field over there
It came to me
I took a coir and bound her
In my cattle pound
I watched her all the time
Fondled her till
My passion is satiated
Gave her water and grass
She became fleshy again
Got pregnant
Gave birth to children
she couldn’t go out from the cattle pound
Confined to her own world
Gradually my interest waned
And love diminished
The cow became emaciated
Another cow in the next paddy field
Fleshy and an alluring one…
Translated from Malayalam : Nadeem Noushad
