Mailboxes Tipped like Cows in a Field

by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

The horn is tooted,
yours or someone
else’s

and from that moment on
there is no going back
(and no wanting
too)        

the mailboxes tipped
like cows
in a field

humility
never had a chance

as the grey gosling
wails

and three fingers
pretend to be
four.