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So many cattle

They huddle together amongst the green, seemingly for warmth

But surely that can’t be why, on this muggy spring day.

Community, perhaps. Connection. Kinship.

And as our bus swings by, I respect these Vietnamese bovine bros.

Until I have a moment of…self-consciousness, or maybe simply awareness, or possibly even cowed sheepishness, as I bite into my bánh mì, whose deliciousness owes itself in part to what are certainly distant relatives of the cud-chewing crew and their barn-dwelling buds.

It tastes so good.

They stand.

Eyeing me,

Nonchalant

udderly indifferent.

I want to open the window and ease their tension.

I have no beef with you

I would yell

But something tells me they’d disagree

Mainly because they have more at steak.

Published by Radutti

Teaching in Ha Noi, screwing things up daily but surviving to write about it. ...everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?

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  8. Scathing review:

    This blog post is utterly disgraceful, filled to the brim with forced and cheesy cow puns that are more cringe-inducing than amusing. The author’s attempt to milk every possible bovine-related word falls flat, leaving readers feeling like they’ve been stampeded by a herd of clichés. The overuse of puns is not only udderly predictable but also detracts from any semblance of meaningful content. Instead of offering insightful observations about the Vietnamese countryside or the cultural significance of the animals, the author chooses to bombard readers with a pasture of tired wordplay. The result is a blog post that is not only hard to digest but also leaves a sour taste in the mouth. It’s time for the author to hoof it back to the drawing board and come up with content that’s fresher than day-old hay.

    SR 😜

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