The Show Champion.

The Show Champion.
A heifer has gone AWOL
from the grand arena.
they called out on the tannoy;
“Has anybody seen her”?
She started out sedately,
with polished hooves and collar.
No one had even noticed,
until they heard a holler.
She bolted from the show ring
with her handler dragged behind.
Everyone was laughing,
although it wasn't very kind.
She tipped a rustic table
where a man was selling wraps,
she was picking up momentum
and did two or three more laps.
She then got quite distracted
by a handsome Friesian bull.
He snorted from his marquee,
she was fresh and beautiful.
His top lip started curling
and he sniffed the air with lust.
She trotted up beside him
and he gave a mighty thrust.
But he was tethered firmly
to the railing in his stall,
and he missed and slipping sideways
he could only hit the wall.
She stopped to eat a hay bale
right by an ice cream stand,
where a stranger saw her munching
and he extended out his hand.
He bravely seized the moment
to grab hold of her halter,
but when he saw the size of her
he stopped and had a falter.
So she took off without him
with her tail up in the air.
Everyone was watching
but she didn't have a care.
Her owner cursing wildly
with muddied knees and coat,
crept up right behind her
and threw a rope around throat.
She didn't win the battle
but next show she won a prize;
champion beefsteak burgers
served with onions and fries!
Jan Millward©