Penillion of Cow Parsley 2

Seldom witnessed: 
Cows overwhelmed 
By cow parsley: 
An infusion 

Of white on cool, 
Sunless days—rule 
Of the fertile 
Rush to instill 

Longevity 
When so briefly 
Aroused to show 
Those grazing cows 

Pollen on their 
Muzzles—powder 
Around nostrils 
Dank with breath—frills 

Of scaffolding 
For dewlaps—song 
Of great beasts lost 
In brief forest: 

Such an intense 
Spectral presence 
Of cow parsley 
For memory.