Nightmare Cow

by

in


rolls out the barn
sore swollen

breast leaking.
Flesh for

consumption
consummated.

Calf born
two heads

dead by morning.
What then of

the pus-yellow milk
dripping

on the hoof
-trodden floor?


The boys
sneak


by moonlight
into her field


to frighten
to laugh


upper lip fuzz
shining white.


Isabela Marino is a Cuban-Colombian interdisciplinary artist currently based on Treaty 7 land. Their work primarily focuses on the intersections of their identities and their relationship to the earth. They hold a BFA in Music with a minor in Creative Writing from Concordia University, and they are currently a JD Candidate at UofC.


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