A Heifer Clambers Up
a heifer clambers up
     nighthawk goes out
                       horses
trail back to the barn.
      spider gleams in his
                          new web
dew on the shingles, on the car,
    on the mailbox –
the mole, the onion and the beetle
    cease their wars.
                       worlds tip
into the sunshine, men and women
     get up, babies crying
children grab their lunches
                         and leave for school.
the radio announces
     in the milking barn
                        in the car bound for work
"tonight all the countries
      will get drunk and have a party"
russia, america, china,
                         singing with their poets,
pregnant and gracious,
    sending flowers and dancing bears
                        to all the capitals
fat
     with the baby happy land


                                          Gary Snyder